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Her father is drunk on the day of the barnstable county fair, so she goes by herself, and that night her life is transformed. Paul theroux, one of the worlds most popular authors, both for his travel books and his fiction, has produced an offbeat story of 1960s weirdos unlike anything he has ever written. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Paul theroux was born in medford, massachusetts, in 1941, and published his first novel, waldo, in 1967. Fourteenyearold jilly farina was mesmerized by millroy the m. This is not a book you would want to attempt in a single sitting. Paul theroux is one of the finest writers alive and the only one of his books i prefer to milroy the magician is my secret history.
Published by hamish hamilton ltd, london 1993 signed on the title page directly by the author. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. After all, he once turned a girl from the audience into a glass of milk and drank her. Millroy the magician by paul theroux penguin books australia. Publication date 1994 topics magicians, food habits, television in religion publisher. Illustrations by tom james sex and its substitutes 1982 theroux, paul december, 1982. He subsequently taught at the university of singapore, and during his three years there produced a collection of short stories, sinning. At some point, pushing through the first 100 pages or so, you either reject millroy as a drecky sludge of author paul therouxs toodeep interest in matters not all that interesting to most of us, or accept it as a gem from the school of magic realism, a fairy tale grounded in earthly detail about two lonely people finding each other that. Paul theroux has built his reputation, in part, on his talent for creating eccentric characters whose capacity to stimulate imagination radically engages our willingness to suspend disbelief. Fixing her with her hypnotic gaze, millroy the magician performs.
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