World of Wonders. Robertson Davies

Magnus Eisengrim is an incredibly popular illusionist. He is invited to star in a film and play the role of another outstanding magician, the father of modern magic, Robert-Houdin. But the plot of the film seems banal, and the main character is uninteresting and flat. In working on the role, the director asks Magnus to tell the film crew about his own path: how Magnus Eisengrim became the best magician of all time.

Until now, his past has been carefully hidden behind a brilliant but fake autobiography, which was actually written by his friend Dunstan Ramsay. And finally, in the life of Magnus Eisengrim, the time has come to tell his true story - a boy whose complex wandering life was hidden under layers of other roles and names.

“The World of Wonders” is the third and final book in the unsurpassed “Deptford Trilogy” by the recognized classic Robertson Davies. Each of the novels in the trilogy, including The Fifth Figure and The Manticore, can be read as separate texts.