The Magician, Colm Tóibín

 

The Magician by Colm Tóibín

Started: 4/28/2022
Completed: 5/2/2022
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody

Words for which I sought help:

slattern -- a dirty, untidy woman

Review:

This book is historical fiction.  It is a loose biography of Thomas Mann.  Tóibín steps into the minds of several of the characters and recounts dialog that was unlikely to have been written down.  The events, however, are truly those of Thomas Mann's life and that of his family.  The details, however, are a tad shocking and I'm not entirely sure to know what is true and what is not.  Mann kept extensive diaries and those clearly figure in the story and offer some insight into his internal mind set.  This was a good read and I enjoyed it.