| A MAGICK LIFE. A Biography of Aleister Crowley A MAGICK LIFE is a detailed and extensively researched biography, a uniquely unbiased study of one of the twentieth century's most charismatic, misinterpreted and controversial figures, a brilliant polymath whose considerable intellect and talent were crushed by his self-destructiveness.
'A fine, fair and gripping piece of work that places Crowlcy before the reader in all his bizarre intensity'
the sunday times
'A formidably well-researched and well-written biography, which has the additional merit of being extremely funny'
Martin Booth is internationally known as a novelist, biographer and non-fiction writer. His latest novel, The Industry of Souls, was shortlisted for the 1998 Booker Prize and his most recent biography is the highly acclaimed The Doctor, The Detective and Arthur Conan Doyle. |