John Fowles’s The Magus long ago caught my eye on some Top 100 Great Novels list because I hoped it would be about a wizard in the Gandalf sense and remained intrigued by the premise when I found out otherwise. While it is indeed a Great Novel, it’s not about the Istari. However, as many things do, it got me thinking about Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun.
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Warning: there is an image at the bottom of this post that spoils many things about both books