The Magus and The Fool
A Novel
by Akiva Hersh
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Apr 05 2022 | Archive Date May 07 2022
Akiva Hersh | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
Talking about this book? Use #TheMagusandTheFool #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Carry Iverson needs a change of pace from his predictable life in Ohio. He takes a position with a social justice firm in Austin and rents a cottage on Lake Travis. At a bewildering dinner with his cousin, Donovan, his wife, Fallon, and an alluring transgender man, Levi, Carry discovers his neighbor is a wealthy and mysterious man who has everyone talking.
Carry’s curiosity turns into attraction after meeting the flirtatious Jacobi at one of his parties. But Jacobi has a secret desire of his own: he is in love with Donovan. Now Carry finds himself caught in the middle of a reckless love triangle with Fallon, who is hellbent on destroying Jacobi to keep her wayward husband from straying.
Passion and jealousy reach a fever pitch when the carefully designed lives of Carry, Donovan, Fallon, and Levi unravel.
This provocative and explosive story is about what happens at the intersection of obsession and tragedy and explores the frailty of hope and agony over what could have been but never was, two forces that pull us into lives that we were never meant to live.
A Note From the Publisher
Illustrated by Xavier Comas
ePub 979-8-9856515-0-8
Illustrated by Xavier Comas
ePub 979-8-9856515-0-8
Advance Praise
“There are adaptations of great books and then there are great adaptations of great books. Akiva Hersh’s The Magus and the Fool—a queer retelling of The Great Gatsby (yes, it’s fantastic and yes, it’s as fun and flamboyant and full of life as it comes) definitely falls into the latter category. Carry Iverson, our dispassionate, gay upgrade to Nick Carroway, tells the harrowing story of Oskar Jacobi and his love for a boy just out of reach. Hersh transports us from the Jazz Age on Long Island to the Millennial Age on Lake Travis and does so with the seamless ease of a veteran film scout, so much so that I will never be able to see Austin in the same light again. I love this book. And so will you.”
—David S. Levinson, author of Tell Me How This Ends Well
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9798985651515 |
| PRICE | $10.99 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Alina M, Reviewer
Gatsby-esque and gorgeous. Hersh's prose is simply astounding. It is similar to that of the masters of the 19th century. This book followed the Gatsby script well, adding it's own flairs and dramatics where necessary. An absolutely stunning masterpiece on what it is to be LGBT.
Reviewer 897927
Thank you to NetGalley for sending me this arc!
As far as some of the reviews go, they were right. This book was so easy to get through and I found myself enjoying every part of it. As a queer retelling of The Great Gatsby, this had great rep and the story was enjoyable to follow. It masterfully explores gender, as the characters are nothing but conventional. Overall I had fun reading this book and am looking forward to whatever the author will put out soon!
Veronica P, Reviewer
Thank you to Akiva Hersh and NetGalley for the advanced reader’s copy!
I came across this book, and was initially drawn by both the intriguing cover art and description. I can now say that I feel fortunate to have found this novel.
Carry is a fascinating narrator, and it was interesting to see the world and characters through his eyes. The other characters are all very fleshed out as well, and draw attention from their first introduction.
I got invested in the plot very early on, and read everything it one sitting. This was a very captivating novel, and a great experience overall!
Readers who liked this book also liked:
