Genre(s): Historical Fiction, World War II, Biographical
I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. Colm Toibin chronicles the life of Thomas (Death in Venice) Mann. The Mann family in early 20th century Germany is dealing with the death of the dominant father, when young Thomas comes to the fore. From there a life of a fascinating and contradictory man of letters is viewed through decades of war, triumph and disquiet. The Magician is a quenching literary novel that moves quickly and gets into all the corners of its subject.
