The release date for the English version of 'The Magicians' by
Lev Grossman is Aug 2009. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A young guy practicing magic in the real world is the subject of this exciting and unique coming-of-age story for grownups.
Quentin Coldwater is a bright but unhappy person. As a senior in high school, he remains covertly engrossed in a string of fantasy books he once read as a boy, which are set in the enchanted realm of Fillory. You can only imagine his shock when he is suddenly accepted to a very secretive, extremely exclusive college of magic in upstate New York, where he is taught the art of contemporary sorcery in detail and with great discipline.
In addition, he learns everything else that a college student learns, including friendship, love, sex, alcohol, and boredom. But there's something lacking. Quentin doesn't get the joy and excitement he had hoped for from magic. Following graduation, he and his pals learn the startling truth: Fillory exists. However, Quentin discovers that the world of his imagination is more darker and more perilous than he could have ever imagined. His boyhood fantasy turns into a nightmare with a startling revelation at its core.
The Magicians daringly ventures into unexplored literary ground by envisioning magic as performed by actual people, with their erratic ambitions and turbulent emotions. It is at once psychologically penetrating and gloriously engrossing. Lev Grossman crafts a wholly unique universe where power comes at a horrible cost, love and sex aren't simple or innocent, and good and evil aren't black and white.