Download or read book The Magician written by Maugham Somerset Maugham and published by 1st World Publishing. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1897, after spending five years at St Thomas's Hospital I passed the examinations which enabled me to practise medicine. While still a medical student I had published a novel called Liza of Lambeth which caused a mild sensation, and on the strength of