Book description
Fourteen-year-old Jilly Farina walks into the tent at the County Fair
and finds her life transformed. Fixing her with his hypnotic gaze,
Millroy the Magician performs astonishing miracles. When she is later
magicked into his trailer and Millroy promises to train her as his
assistant, Jilly feels safe for the first time in her short life.
But Millroy is more than a mere stage show magician. A vegetarian
and health fanatic, a possessor of healing and hypnotic powers,
Millroy's mission is to change the eating habits of an entire nation.
And through Jilly he has found the strength to preach his evangelical message.
With Millroy's messianic fervour ever growing, Jilly begins to have
doubts - but Millroy knows that without Jilly there will be no magic .
. .
Paul Theroux's highly acclaimed books include
Dark Star Safari
,
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
,
Riding the Iron Rooster
,
The Great Railway Bazaar
,
The Old Patagonian Express
,
Fresh Air Fiend,
The Elephanta Suite
and
A Dead Hand
.
The Mosquito Coast
and
Dr Slaughter
have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux is also a
frequent contributor to magazines, and divides his time between Cape Cod
and the Hawaiian islands.
