Colm Tóibín - The Magician

Published March 29, 2022 at 3:00 PM EDT

"The Magician" is the tenth novel from Colm Tóibín, the Booker Prize winning author of "The Master" and "Brooklyn." "The Magician" is an intimate portrait of one of the 20th century's most intriguing literary figures, Thomas Mann.

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