Magic by William Goldman

William Goldman is the author and screenwriter of a lot of well-known novels and films, probably most well known today being The Princess Bride (he also wrote Marathon Man and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, among others). I read The Princess Bride years ago and really enjoyed it. Since then, Magic has kind of been my white whale—it seemed interesting so I wanted to read it, but it’s hard to find a copy and it’s well out of print.

Well, I finally got a copy from the library (a first edition from 1976!) and I finished it…

( Cut for review and light spoilers! )