<![CDATA[Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician]]>

false <![CDATA[Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1213729101m/2088145.jpg 27441 7 From the author of Big Fish comes this haunting, tender story that weaves a tragic secret, a mysterious meeting with the Devil, and a family of charming circus freaks recounting the extraordinary adventures of their friend Henry Walker, the Negro Magician. In the middle of a dusty Southern town, in the middle of the twentieth century, magician Henry Walker entertains crowds at Jeremiah Musgrove’s Chinese Circus. Though not the world-famous illusionist he once was, Henry, with his dark skin and green eyes, is still something of a novelty to the patrons who pay a dime to see his show. Most of the patrons, anyway. As the novel begins, one May night in 1954, Henry is confronted by three menacing white teens, and soon thereafter disappears. With his fate uncertain, his friends from the circus—Jenny the Ossified Girl, Rudy the Strong Man, and JJ the Barker—piece together what they know of Henry's mysterious and extraordinary life. The result is a spellbinding adventure that begins when ten-year-old Henry meets the devil, who gives him the art of magic and then steals the one thing that means the most to him. As Henry’s friends recount the remarkable adventures and incredible heartache that result from this childhood encounter, only one thing seems certain about Henry's life: nothing is as it appears. Brimming with surprising twists and turns, and peopled with a literal circus of memorable characters, Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician is Daniel Wallace at his finest. As in his beloved debut, Big Fish, Wallace once again conjures a wondrous tale with an emotional punch. This is a story of love and loss, identity and illusion, fate and choice; a story that will capture your heart and your imagination and not let go until the very last page. 28068 2007 Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician: A Novel total:339|5:38|4:121|3:130|2:43|1:7| 339 1157 572 98 3 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 22 15:05:14 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 17:20:32 -0700 2007 Water For Elephants," at least where sophistication of writing is concerned. Wallace's characters are more evocatively drawn than Gruen's, and their destinies more rattling. Gruen suppli...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 07:39:30 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 18:01:49 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 00:20:32 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 19 00:20:32 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 19:30:24 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 19:30:24 -0800 2007
Henry Walker, the magician in question, works at a traveling circus until he his accosted by some unfriendly locals. In his absence, his circus freak friends all tell thei...more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Sep 28 09:47:05 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 09:49:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:24:24 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 14:29:30 -0800 2009
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Henry Walker was 9 when his mother died tragically. His father fell into hard times, became an alcoholic and move Henry and his sister, Hannah, to a hotel where he worked as ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 09 09:38:06 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 08:12:47 -0700 2008 the Art of Love. One of the best books of 2007...more...]]> 1 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 00:11:30 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 12:34:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 05:28:09 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 12:24:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 12:15:29 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 12:35:58 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 24 16:47:33 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 12:38:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 05 08:02:17 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 08:50:06 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:50:54 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:50:54 -0800 2009 Daniel Wallace is best known for Big Fish, a clever tale about a son's search for the man behind his father. Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician uses some of the same fictional ruses but tackles the far more troublesome issues of race and hypocrisy. A few reviewers found fault with an extremely con...

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2 cups Faust

1 song by The Decemberists, preferably off the Picaresque album

A heaping handful of Barnum and Bailey

A splash from either of the following two movies: The Illusionist and The Prestige

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The story follows a man named Henry Walker. The story opens at the end as Henry is confronted by three teens and disappears. We have his story recounted by...more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 11:33:18 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 11:40:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2088145