Lev Grossman writes fantasy and literary fiction about people who discover that entering a magical world does not solve the ordinary problems they bring with them. The Magicians follows Quentin Coldwater after he is admitted to Brakebills, a secret college of magic, and later discovers that the fantasy world he loved in childhood is real and far more dangerous than expected. The trilogy mixes magic-school conventions with depression, ambition, friendship and the consequences of treating adventure as an escape. Grossman has also written other fiction and non-fiction, but the Magicians books define his best-known readership. They are darker, more adult and more self-conscious than traditional school fantasy, fitting contemporary fantasy, dark academia and portal fantasy for readers interested in genre conventions examined from the inside. Read more Less
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