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Louis Sachar
The bestselling author of Holes makes his adult fiction debut with a Renaissance- set tale featuring a hairless magician, a rebellious princess and a medieval Italian castle. Katie Fraser reports
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Imprint Mountain Leopard Press Publication 5th August 2025 Format/s
HB (9781035426591 , £20); EB (9781035426621, £20)
Rights sold Three territories including US (Berkley) Editor Bethany Wickington Agent Sam Birmingham, Trident Media Group
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t feels like one of those rare pinch-me moments when I sit down to interview acclaimed children’s author Louis Sachar over video call. Like many, I remember reading Holes at school and becoming
completely swept up in the capers of Stanley Yelnats and the mystery at the heart of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre.
Adults who read Sachar as children will recall his whip-smart dialogue, humour and propulsive plotting. Now, 46 years into his career and 23 children’s books later, he has brought the same skill, wit and verve to his enchanting adult debut, The Magician of Tiger Castle. “It’s like I’ve suddenly become famous again,” he says, eyes twinkling. “All the kids who read my books are now in positions of being critics, reviewers, publishers or booksellers. When I was starting out, the people in power had their favourites, and now I’m the one they look at and remember from their childhood.” The Magician of Tiger Castle opens in the
present-day, where we meet Anatole sitting, sipping a cappuccino and admiring the turrets of the medieval Tiger Castle. Anatole is no mere tourist, but an unageing magician who worked
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