Magic Street
Author | Orson Scott Card |
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Cover artist | David Stevenson |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Del Rey |
Publication date | 2005 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
Pages | 416 pp |
ISBN | 0-345-41689-9 |
OCLC | 57352830 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3553.A655 M35 2005 |
Magic Street (2005) is an urban fantasy novel by Orson Scott Card. This book follows the magical events in the Baldwin Hills section of contemporary Los Angeles, including the life of protagonist Mack Street, his foster brother Cecil Tucker, a trickster identified variously as Bag Man, Puck, Mr. Christmas, and numerous other members of this upscale community of African-Americans.
The storyline frequently refers to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and elements of Western and European folklore. In the author's note, Card credits friend Roland Bernard Brown with goading him into writing a novel featuring a black hero, and "thanks to Queen Latifah for putting (the Yolanda White character) on a motorcycle."
See also[]
- List of works by Orson Scott Card
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Categories:
- 2005 American novels
- 2005 fantasy novels
- Novels by Orson Scott Card
- American fantasy novels
- Contemporary fantasy novels
- Novels set in Los Angeles
- Del Rey books
- 2000s fantasy novel stubs