The Magician's Wife
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| Author | Brian Moore |
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| Genre | Historical novel |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
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Publication date
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1997 |
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| Pages | 215 |
| ISBN | 978-0-7475-3718-2 |
| OCLC | 247666817 |
The Magician's Wife, published in 1997, was the last novel[1] by the Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore. Set in 1856, it tells the story of a famous French magician (based on the real-life Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin)[2] who is despatched by Emperor Napoleon III to help France subdue the Arab population in war-torn Algeria.
Reception
Reviewing the book for The New York Times, Thomas Mallon said: "Combining actual and invented figures requires a particular sleight of hand, and in The Magician's Wife Moore accomplishes this mingling without giving any glimpse of a false bottom or secret compartment... The Magician's Wife, combining so many of Moore's longtime preoccupations and themes, proves to be one of his neatest tricks yet."[3] The San Francisco Chronicle described it as a "deft and absorbing novel".[4] John Muncie, reviewing the novel for the Baltimore Sun, said: "Moore writes with propulsive clarity. The reader is immediately entangled."
References
External links
- Enotes: The Magician's Wife by Brian Moore
- The New York Times preview of Brian Moore's The Magician's Wife, chapter 1
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