TY - BOOK AU - Maugham,W.Somerset TI - The magician SN - 0099289008 AV - PZ3 M442 M4 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - London, England PB - Vintage/Random House KW - British KW - Foreign countries KW - Fiction N1 - First published in Great Britain in 1908 by William Heinemann_Verso N2 - Maugham's enchanting tale of secrets and fatal attraction "The Magician" is one of Somerset Maughams most complex and perceptive novels. Running through it is the theme of evil, deftly woven into a story as memorable for its action as for its astonishingly vivid characters. In fin de sicle Paris, Arthur and Margaret are engaged to be married. Everyone approves and everyone seems to be enjoying themselvesuntil the sinister and repulsive Oliver Haddo appears ER -