Why did Rhonda love this book?
Everybody in Xanth has magic except for Bink. He is disabled. Bink’s quest to find his magic reminds me of my own search for thicker and thicker glasses and more and more powerful hearing aids. Like Bink, I struggled to maintain my worth in a world where worth was determined by something I didn’t have.
I also loved the way Anthony creates character complexity and raises the question about what is a bad guy by forcing Bink to partner with the one man everyone is afraid of.
All this Anthony does in a fantastical world full of fantastical characters.
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BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR, BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY • Discover the magical beginning of Piers Anthony’s enthralling Xanth series
Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled—where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs and dragons and basilisks.
For Bink of North Village, however, Xanth was no fairy tale. He alone had no magic. And unless he got some—and got some fast!—he would be exiled. Forever. But the Good Magician Humfrey was convinced that Bink did indeed have magic. In fact, both Beauregard the genie and the magic wall chart insisted…