Warp

By Lev Grossman

Book Overview

The lost literary origin story of #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy Lev Grossman- including a new foreword about how and why he wrote his first novel: "It is the intense, concentrated, boiled-down essence of the unhappiest years of my life."

Twenty-something Hollis Kessler languishes in a hopelessly magician-less world (with the exception of a fleet-footed nymph named Xanthe) not too far from where he graduated college. His friends do, too. They sleep late, read too much, drink too much, talk too much, and work and earn and do way too little. But Hollis does have an obsession: there's another world going on in his head, a world of excitement and danger and starships and romance, and it's telling him that it's time to stop dreaming and get serious.

This re-publication of Lev Grossman's debut novel, Warp, shows the roots of his Magicians hero Quentin Coldwater in a book that is for anyone (and everyone) who has ever felt adrift in their own life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 125009237X
• ISBN13: 9781250092373
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

hmmm.....

I thought the best thing about this book were two lines in it. One of them is, "a pack of cards is the devil's prayerbook." The other one, with much more interesting implications than the rest of the text, is this:"A lie is a blow to the tyranny of fact."With that line in mind, let me emphatically state that this is a good book. You should read it.p.s. how in heck did Xanthe get into that house? And who would really want to be sleeping with chicks they've only known for forty-five minutes, anyway?

Short and to the point

I'm not Lev Grossman and I liked the book. Actually I liked it a lot. It's sad and elegic and not very funny, but some of the scenes were honestly moving. Another thing was that the book had exactly the right length for what it was about. There's too many writers who fill too many pages with too little content. I'll definitely look out for more books by this guy. The episode with the punk girl sounded more like the author daydreaming though.

Better than I Expected

I was prepared for this to be another machismo leaking sci-fi thing like all the other books i borrow from my boyfriend, but this was actually good! I read it in one sitting and got all wrapped up in and even came back to order a copy for a friend who's birthday is coming up. It's not boring at all!

This is quality!

I had the pleasure of reading Mr. Grossman's book BEFORE the flurry of email surrounding his hilarious Salon article. I only wish that I had written a stellar review of "Warp" earlier so that Mr. Grossman would have not felt the need to bolster his ratings with his own reviews. As an aimless twenty-something myself, I found Warp to be amusing and worth every second of my time. I look forward to the next installment from the mighty Mr. Grossman.