Millroy the Magician Author:Paul Theroux Fourteen-year-old Jilly Farina was enthralled with Millroy the Magician at the Barnstable County Fair. After all, he once turned a girl from the audience into a glass of milk and drank her, But when Jilly stepped into the wickerwork coffin during a performance, she had no idea he would transform her dreary life into something truly magical, and ... more »a touch bizarre.
For Millroy was no ordinary magician. He could smell the future, and Jilly was going to be part of it. Yet not even Millroy could foresee how far determination and a dream could take him, as he and his new young assistant hit the road -and the airwaves -- to save America's unhealthy appetite and floundering soul....« less
A grand, complicated novel that can be enjoyed on several levels: as an adventure tale, as a modern retelling of Christ's life, or as a satire of modern times. Milroy the Magician is hilarious and thought-provoking.