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.