| International Standard Book Number |
9781668004586 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668004585 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Charry, Brinda, author.
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| Title Statement |
Hocus pocus : or, the whole art of legerdemain / Brinda Charry.
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| Edition Statement |
First Scribner hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster LLC, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xii, 317 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"A young magician travels across the world seeking fame and fortune all the while hiding a secret, in a novel based on the renowned, real-life Indian stage magicians performing in the United States in the 1800s. Samuel Thomas, a man of uncertain parentage, is a young magician convinced that he is destined for greatness in a far-off land. Seeking honor and acclaim, he journeys across the globe -- from India to London to the fog-shrouded streets of Boston in 1816, the infamous Year Without a Summer. In this season of unrelenting cold, Samuel arrives in a city alive with ambition, contradiction, and tension. Enter Walter Mepham: in some ways a world away from Samuel, hailing from the upper echelons of Boston society, but also nursing a problem of his own. Proprietor of the New Boston Museum which is on the brink of bankruptcy, Walter is desperate to find ways to keep it open -- and Samuel is the ideal fit for the first live addition to the collection. While the perfect solution to each other's problems, the relationship between the two men quickly becomes complicated as Walter grows more and more fascinated, and even obsessed, with the young foreigner. As Samuel becomes subsumed within the museum and dependent on Walter, he must reckon with just how much he's willing to give up to achieve success." -- Provided by publisher
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Young men Fiction.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) Fiction.
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Identity (Psychology) Fiction.
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Magicians Fiction.
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Voyages and travels Fiction.
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Sexual minorities Fiction.
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Gay men Fiction.
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Magic tricks Fiction.
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LGBTQ+ people Fiction.
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Man-man relationships Fiction.
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East Indians Fiction.
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Eighteen tens Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
India Fiction.
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London (England) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Boston (Mass.) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Gay fiction.
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