The Incomparable Mothership #86 April 14, 2012
“The Magicians” and “The Night Circus”

Like “Catcher in the Rye,” Except Crappier

Get out your magic wands, prepare your incantations, and prepare for a battle of wills involving ancient powers and callow youths. We discuss two recent novels with magic at the fore: Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians” and Erin Morgenstern’s “The Night Circus.” One of them we liked a lot… the other, not so much! Prepare yourself for a magical podcast.

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