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The Magician's Book

a Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
Mark_Daly
Aug 12, 2013
Comprehensive, but still breezy, lit-crit examination of the Narnia books. Forthrightly addresses the many problems of the series, while still conveying a somewhat befuddled affection for it. Perhaps many readers can recall a kind of shocked awakening when they first realized the religiosity, sexism, racism, etc. embedded in this childhood favorite. Which raises the question: Why do so many of us still yearn to visit Narnia? (My own theory is that the secret sauce of the books is Lewis's debt to Evelyn Nesbit and his desire to emulate her style.) As a bonus, there's loads of trivia in here for Narnia devotees.