{"product_id":"9781804943205-magicians","title":"The Magicians","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Book 1)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. Obsessed with the fantasy novels he read as a child, he finds the real world just doesn't compare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen one day it happens: he stumbles unexpectedly into a hidden world and is invited to join a very exclusive college, where he will learn the secrets of magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut something is still missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd now Quentin will do anything to find what he's always been looking for.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Magicians \u003c\/i\u003eTrilogy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best fantasy trilogy of the decade.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Stross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most entertaining and compelling fantasy I've read in a long time.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lev Grossman has conjured a rare creature: a trilogy that simply gets better and better as it goes along. Literary perfection.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eErin Morgenstern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'May just be the most subversive, gripping, and enchanting fantasy novel I've read this century.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCory Doctorow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dark and dangerous and full of twists. Hogwarts was never like this.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge R. R. Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Hill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A darkly cunning story about the power of imagination itself.' \u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Magicians\u003c\/i\u003e ought to be required reading. a terrific, at times almost painfully perceptive novel of the fantastic.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKelly Link\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliantly explores the hidden underbelly of fantasy and easy magic, taking what's simple on the surface and turning it over to show us the complicated writhing mess beneath.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaomi Novik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40960915898465,"sku":"9781804943205","price":9.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32315272.jpg?v=1737186575","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804943205-magicians","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}