The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham

The Magician

W. Somerset Maugham

160 pages first pub 1908 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious slow-paced
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Maugham wrote The Magician after meeting the famous magician and occultist Aleister Crowly in Paris. He caricatures Crowly as the protagonist Oliver Haddo, a magician who is attempting to create life. Crowly later accused Maugham of plagiarism and...

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