The Magician by Colm Tóibín

The Magician by Colm TóibínFrom one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side of history in the First World War, cheerleading the German army, but have a clear vision of the future in the second, anticipating the horrors of Nazism. He would have six children and keep his

High Priest of Art

apparently nothing

and food-and in the process change the way we live our daily lives

including the mega-bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People

In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses

In these three works of erotic prose Georges Bataille fuses sex and spirituality in a highly personal and philosophical vision of the self

and Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself

but in his text

It makes you immediately aware of where you are resisting and where you are open and allowing

As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem

a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman

in GQ magazine's forty-fifth anniversary issue as one of the best works of fiction in the past forty-five years