The Magician, published in 2021, is a novel by Colm Tóibín.
It is a fictional biography of German Nobel laureate Thomas Mann.
[1] According to Book Marks, the book received positive reviews based on twenty-eight critic reviews, with twenty being "rave" and four being "positive" and two being "mixed" and two being "pan".
[2] On Bookmarks November/December 2021 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (3.5 out of 5) based on seven critic reviews, with a critical summary saying, "Still, Toibin presents a fascinating, sympathetic portrait of a man uneasily dealing with his life and times, including the "decline--of manners and morals, of families, of countries and institutions" (NewYork Times)".
[3][4]