![]() ![]() An admissions interview for Princeton transforms into a peculiar entrance exam for Brakebills, a secret college of magic populated with other teen outliers like Quentin. Quentin’s resigned himself to being always miserably on the outside. ![]() Oh, and learn a few sleight-of-hand card tricks. Of course Julia is in love with James, who naturellement returns her affection with gusto.) What’s a depressed Brooklyn geek to do? Why, submerge himself in his favorite books, a series of children’s novels set in Fillory, a Narnia-esque land populated by all the fantasy tropes you can pull out of a magician’s hat. ![]() The academically gifted teenager is trapped in a cycle of self-loathing and romantic frustration, which wins him only pity from best friends James and Julia. Nobody noticed.”Īt the start of Lev Grossman’s brilliant Harry-Potter-on-a-bender novel THE MAGICIANS, you’ve got to pity poor Quentin Coldwater. ![]()
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