The novel concerns a man named Corky Withers, a shy, odd-tempered and alcoholic magician, whose lackluster performances start to turn around when he adds a foul-mouthed ventriloquist's dummy, Fats, to the show. It chronicles Corky's childhood and adolescence, and his deep love for a high-school crush named Peggy Ann Snow.
The novel is written kaleidoscopically, changing time period, location, and point of view swiftly and leaving important information, such as the identity of Fats the dummy, unknown for extended periods of time.
Backgroundedit
Goldman had the idea for a novel about a ventriloquist for a number of years before writing it.[2]
He says his editor suggested he cut the sequence where Corky's father talks about seeing Bronko Nagurski making a comeback in a football game, which Goldman had seen as a boy, but the author refused because he was so moved by it.[3]
Receptionedit
Producer Joseph E. Levine paid $1 million for the film rights and to do the screenplay.[4][5] The novel was well-received.[6]
magic, novel, feature, film, adaptation, magic, 1978, film, magic, psychological, horror, novel, written, william, goldman, published, united, states, august, 1976, delacorte, press, 1978, richard, attenborough, directed, feature, film, adaptation, story, that. For the feature film adaptation see Magic 1978 film Magic is a psychological horror novel written by William Goldman It was published in the United States in August 1976 by Delacorte Press In 1978 Richard Attenborough directed a feature film adaptation of the story that starred Anthony Hopkins and Ann Margret Magic A NovelFirst editionAuthorWilliam GoldmanCover artistRichard Huebner 1 CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishPublisherDelacorte PressPublication dateAugust 1976Media typePrint Paperback Hardcover Pages243 ppISBN0 440 05159 2OCLC2415446Dewey Decimal813 5 4LC ClassPZ4 G635 Mag PS3557 O384 Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Background 3 Reception 4 Adaptations 5 References 6 External linksPlot summary editThe novel concerns a man named Corky Withers a shy odd tempered and alcoholic magician whose lackluster performances start to turn around when he adds a foul mouthed ventriloquist s dummy Fats to the show It chronicles Corky s childhood and adolescence and his deep love for a high school crush named Peggy Ann Snow The novel is written kaleidoscopically changing time period location and point of view swiftly and leaving important information such as the identity of Fats the dummy unknown for extended periods of time Background editGoldman had the idea for a novel about a ventriloquist for a number of years before writing it 2 He says his editor suggested he cut the sequence where Corky s father talks about seeing Bronko Nagurski making a comeback in a football game which Goldman had seen as a boy but the author refused because he was so moved by it 3 Reception editProducer Joseph E Levine paid 1 million for the film rights and to do the screenplay 4 5 The novel was well received 6 Adaptations editMagic 1978 film directed by Richard Attenborough 5 Minutes 2018 short film directed by Javan GarzaReferences edit Modern first editions a set on Flickr Egan p 130 Richard Andersen William Goldman Twayne Publishers 1979 p 100 101 WESTWARD THEY COME BIG BUCKS FOR BIG BOOKS Rosenfield Paul Los Angeles Times 18 Feb 1979 n1 Levine Buys Film Rights To William Goldman Novel New York Times 3 Mar 1976 27 William Goldman pulls Magic out of elliptical hat Wolff Geoffrey Los Angeles Times 3 Oct 1976 q1 Egan Sean William Goldman The Reluctant Storyteller Bear Manor Media 2014External links editWilliam Goldman at IMDb nbsp This article about an epistolary novel or fictional diary of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte nbsp This article about a horror novel of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magic novel amp oldid 1195617530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
