The Magic Christian by Terry Southern
"The Magic Christian" by Terry Southern is a comic novel published in 1959. It follows Guy Grand, an eccentric billionaire who devotes his fortune to staging elaborate practical jokes designed to prove one cynical theory: everyone has their price. From disrupting live television to contaminating luxury products to building walls around piles of money mixed with filth, Grand orchestrates increasingly outrageous schemes that test the limits of human dignity and greed. His
ultimate prank unfolds aboard a luxury liner reserved exclusively for the super-rich. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Southern, Terry, 1924-1995 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Magic Christian |
| Original Publication | United States: Random House,1960. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Christian_(novel) |
| Credits | Tim Lindell, Robert Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Satire |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Millionaires -- Fiction |
| Subject | Black humor |
| Subject | Avarice -- Fiction |
| Subject | Ocean liners -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 69110 |
| Release Date | Oct 7, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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