| The Magician | |
| Author: | Colm Tóibín |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Scribner |
| Pub Date: | 7 September 2021 |
| Pages: | 498 |
| Isbn: | 9781476785080 |
The Magician, published in 2021, is a novel by Colm Tóibín. It is a fictional biography of German Nobel laureate Thomas Mann.[1]
According to Book Marks, the book received positive reviews based on twenty-eight critic reviews, with twenty being "rave" and four being "positive" and two being "mixed" and two being "pan".[2] On Bookmarks November/December 2021 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.5 out of 5) based on seven critic reviews, with a critical summary saying, "Still, Toibin presents a fascinating, sympathetic portrait of a man uneasily dealing with his life and times, including the "decline--of manners and morals, of families, of countries and institutions" (NewYork Times)".[3] [4]