Bruce B. (Bruce) - , reviewed From the Back Cover and Reviews on 12/11/2008 + 9 more book reviews

Could Madame Tutoni, toast of five continents including Lemuria, really talk with spirits? Will stage magician, Stefphan Yarrow, ever discover real magic and ascend to the stars? Is Laslo Strand destined to end his career playing Hamlet to a monkey? How much borsch can one dwarf eat? And who is the Duchess of Swindon, anyway?

After Magic is a quest, a love story, an adult fairy tale, an historical slapstick. Take your pick.

"...an offbeat fantasy tale about two magicians...variously exotic, amusing, and charming." Locus

"...discover Boston's whimsical sense of humor and fancy for yourself...a delightful poke at a particular brand of fantasy as well as classic delusions. It's a pleasure." --Tom Easton, Analog

"After Magic is magic indeed, the kind of blend of wit and poetry, fantasy and occultism, one could find in the best years of the old Weird Tales." --Ray Faraday Nelson

"...a great story...sort of a Victorian grotesquerie...A wonderful cast of odd characters, strange doings, and a prose style that wanders between lyrical description and a common sense matter-of-factness that's really impossible to describe." --Charles de Lint

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