{"product_id":"2940011944031","title":"The Magician","description":"The Magician is a novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham, originally published in 1908. In this tale, the magician Oliver Haddo, a caricature of Aleister Crowley, attempts to create life. Crowley wrote a critique of this book under the pen name Oliver Haddo, where he accused Maugham of plagiarism.\u003cbr\u003eMaugham wrote The Magician in London, after he had spent some time living in Paris, where he met Aleister Crowley. The novel was later republished with a foreword by Maugham entitled A Fragment of Autobiography.\u003cbr\u003eThe novel inspired a film of the same name directed in 1926 by Rex Ingram.","brand":"Ancient Wisdom Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068262924528,"sku":"2940011944031","price":3.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011944031_p0.jpg?v=1763551480","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011944031","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}