Magic — William Goldman

“One of those can't-put-it-down-until-the-last-page-is-turned monsters that has readers all over the country missing sleep.” -- Minneapolis Tribune
 
Corky is a brilliant entertainer with a bright future ahead of him. He has good looks, many women, and enormous talent. He also had a secret and a certainty: a secret that must be hidden from his public at all costs; and a certainty that the dark forces of magic were out to destroy him.

“Fascinating . . . This dazzling psychological thriller cannot be put down! . . . The most imaginative and enjoyable novel I've read since Marathon Man. . . .  [A] bizarre journey into the world of illusion.” -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Kept me up half the night. . . . A brilliantly alarming novel!” -- Cosmopolitan