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Magician Paperback – January 1, 1956

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000K1UXZG
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; First Edition (January 1, 1956)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds

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Georges Simenon is one of the most addictive and bestselling European authors of the 20th Century. His work consists of 391 titles, and he is best known as the creator of the fictional detective series consisting of 75 books featuring Inspector Maigret, translated into more than 50 languages and sold in more than 50 countries. There are over 800 million Simenon books sold worldwide and he is the most translated French speaking author of the 20th century and the second most translated author of all time in Italy after Shakespeare.

'A writer who, more than any other crime novelist, combined a high literary reputation with popular appeal' P.D. James

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Phillip Kay

A sobering story

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2013

The Magician was first published as Antoine et Julie in 1953, and was translated into English by Helen Sebba. This is one of the more sobering of Simenon's novels, a dour tale of co-dependence in a marriage, between the alcoholic Antoine, who works as a professional conjurer at seedy town hall functions and school concerts and earns a good living, but can't stay away from the booze; and Julie, a fat, middle aged woman desperate for a relationship at any cost. Told almost exclusively from Antoine's viewpoint, it is a familiar Simenon questioning of self fulfillment, which as usual turns out to be self delusion. For me the story lacked development, getting to the milieu and basic situation with Simenon's usual skill, but not going very far or very deep from there. This eventually became a powerfully depressing tale. Antoine has all the alcoholic's skill in analysing his situation and lack of ability to do anything about it, and Julie seems just as doomed to self destruction. She has a heart condition which anxiety about Antoine's drinking exacerbates, yet neither can moderate their behaviour, he the drinking, she the anxiety, until tragedy intervenes. Then Antoine knows: he is an alcoholic, and can not continue to make excuses. He does not need to drink to excess any more, but he does need to drink. One has to ask. Is this all there is?