The Magician's Wife (ePub)

Brian Moore (1921-1999) was born in Ireland and lived most of his adult life in Canada and the United States. He was the author of many novels, including The Colour of Blood, Lies of Silence, and The Doctor's Wife-all shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize-as well as Catholics, The Statement, I Am Mary Dunne, and The Magician's Wife. The Luck of Ginger Coffey was awarded Canada's most prestigious book prize, the Governor General's Award for Fiction.

“Whether he is writing intelligent thrillers or taking on various moral questions of the century, Moore is a master fabricator whose books combine swift narrative with perfectly imagined detail. Superior fiction.” —The New Yorker
 
“A bravura job. Throughout, Moore is able to convey the excitement of these astounding performances, as the magician is forced into ever more daring illusions. Moore needs no fancy tricks himself to conjure up this interesting tale.” —The Wall Street Journal
 
“Combines the pleasure of a thriller with a novel that considers questions of morality and politics, ambition and conscience, the lure of illusion and the magic of truth.” —People
 
“Classic . . . A psychologically suspenseful story . . . Moore is a master.” —The Boston Globe
 
“Moore is a magician.” —Los Angeles Times
 
“Deft and absorbing.” —San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Exquisitely crafted . . . A fast-paced novel of psychological, romantic, and geo-political intrigue.” —The Baltimore Sun
 
“Surrendering to the spell of Moore at the top of his game is like watching a master illusionist at work. Few of his more celebrated contemporaries come even near him as a pure storyteller. The Magician’s Wife is another triumph.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
“Few contemporary writers are both as versatile and as unfailingly provocative as Moore.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
 
“Moore is wonderful at establishing the heat and beauty of Algeria. He has again produced a deeply unsettling novel with a moral problem at its heart.” —Library Journal