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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

The Confabulist

Steven Galloway (author)

Paperback Published on: 23/04/2015

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Synopsis

A masterful re-imagining of the lives and loves of Harry Houdini, from the author of the Richard and Judy bestseller The Cellist of Sarajevo.

The whole world knows me as the man who killed Harry Houdini, the most famous person on the planet. But there is a secret that no one knows, save for myself and one other person who likely died long ago...

This is the spellbinding story of Harry Houdini - his life, his loves, his feats of daring - and misfit Martin Strauss, the man who killed him with an ill-timed punch to the stomach. But in magic, nothing is quite what it seems. Is Strauss the killer of the greatest showman the world has ever seen, or is faking his own death the greatest trick Houdini ever pulled?

Publisher information

Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 9781782394013
Number of pages: 320
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
Languages: English

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Can we trust our memories?

confabulate: (psychiatry) to replace the gaps left by a disorder of the memory with imaginary remembered experiences consistently believed to be true. Thi... READ MORE

Mykh

Dissapointing

The Confabulist narrates how Martin Strauss, a typical 20th century civilian, kills the world famous magician Harry Houdini not once, but twice. The book i... READ MORE

Margaret

Average read

I am interested in magic and illusion and looked forward to learning some of the secrets and 'tricks of the trade' through The Confabulist. This novel look... READ MORE

Danyell

You probably have better things to do in life

Just not sure what the whole point of the exercise - it was an exercise to read it - was about. If you want to know about Houdini, get a book on Houdini. ... READ MORE

steve cappa

Fact, fiction, magic and mystery

I will start by saying that this book had me gripped until the end. Weaving in tales of escapology, espionage, spiritualism, love and loss keeps this rolli... READ MORE

waveydavey

Left me a little confused

This fictional tale about Martin Strauss and the man he thinks he killed the world famous Houdini is that the tale of Houdins life and a look at how his tr... READ MORE

superhez

Confusing confusion.

I find this a difficult review to write as I am still in the dark about much of it. The 'confabulist' of the title is Martin Strauss, a man who creates ima... READ MORE

Clairese

a truly enjoyable book

The Confabulist is a magnificent book and I found difficult to stop reading. I was completely captured by Houdini's world of magic and his way to success a... READ MORE

tritzetina

Couldn't put it down

"I read these books on Houdini with great interest. A lot of them come remarkably close to the truth, but no one knows the story quite like me. I imagine t... READ MORE

Ambs

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