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The magicians a novel

Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he's still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive coll...

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Main Author: Grossman, Lev.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Viking, 2009.
Series: Magicians trilogy ; bk. 1.
Subjects:
Rupert, Matt tribute.
College students > Fiction.
College graduates > Fiction.
Magic > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > New York.
Fantasy fiction.
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Summary: Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A senior in high school, he's still secretly preoccupied with a series of fantasy novels he read as a child, set in a magical land called Fillory. Imagine his surprise when he finds himself unexpectedly admitted to a very secret, very exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he receives a thorough and rigorous education in the craft of modern sorcery.--From publisher description.
Physical Description: 402 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780670020553
0670020559
9780452296299 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Lev Grossman was born on June 26, 1969. He received a degree in literature from Harvard University in 1991. He spent three years in the Ph.D. program in comparative literature at Yale University, but left before completing his dissertation. In 2002, he became a book reviewer and one of the lead technology writers for Time magazine. He has written for Salon, The Village Voice, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Entertainment Weekly, The Believer, Lingua Franca, and the New York Times. His first novel, Warp, was published in 1997. His other novels include Codex, The Magicians, which won a 2010 Alex Award, The Magician King and The Magician's Land.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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