The Spirit Cabinet
by Paul Quarrington
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After a long, slow climb out of the strip dubs of Europe, Jurgen and Rudolfo have hit the big time in Las Vegas, headlining a magic act as slick as their own buffed and usually half-naked bodies. Rudolfo is content orchestrating the spectacle and attempting to twin his soul with Jurgens. But Jurgen hungers for more -- and finds it in a mysterious collection of magician's paraphernalia that once belonged to Harry Houdini. With the knowledge he finds there, and his own faith in the unknown, show more Jurgen becomes the miracle worker of the Las Vegas strip. "Darkly comic, deeply sad, and always ironic" (Library Journal), The Spirit Cabinet. takes dead aim at the place within us that yearns for miracles. "It is not a book about magicians and their pursuit of magic", wrote Alan Beaton in The National Post; "it is a book about human beings, and their pursuit of faith". show lessTags
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sushidog Once you get hooked on Paul Quarrington, you can't get enough. These two are my two favourites (though King Leary is pretty amazing as well).
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I'm such a sucker for books on the secrets of magic. This one was no exception--I love the slow attenuation of Jurgen as he disappears into the secrets of the cabinet. Not for everyone, perhaps, and not as good as "Carter beats the devil"....but I like it.
Zeigfried and Roy filtered through Paul Quarrington. Fantastic.
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Paul Quarrington was born July 22, 1953, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He attended the University of Toronto, from 1970 to 1972 and graduated from the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. Besides writing novels, he also wrote for television, film and the stage. Quarrington has won numerous awards for his work including the Foundation for the show more Advancement of Canadian Letters, most promising new writer in 1986; the Periodical Distributors of Canada Authors Award; the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour in 1987 for King Leary; the Governor General's Literary Award for English Language Fiction in Canada in 1989 for Whale Music; and the Matt Cohen Prize for a distinguished lifetime contribution to Canadian literature in 2009. He died of lung cancer on January 21, 2010 at the age of 56. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Nevada, USA; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PR9199.3 .Q34 .S65 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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