![]() ![]() While sometimes the narration goes on longer than is strictly necessary when a picture is supposed to be telling a story, it's usually in the service of Stroud's lively dialogue. This graphic novel adaptation by Donkin and Sullivan wisely keeps all the virtues of the original, adding fantastic visuals of this complicated world and colorful characters. Stroud's popular prose fantasy series elevates a familiar situation with multileveled characters sharp, evocative writing and a fascinating setting of wizardly government that, far from being wondrous, is more often mundane or selfish. ![]() The plot involves stealing the powerful amulet of Samarkand, which Bartimaeus does, setting off a series of increasingly dangerous events. Bartimaeus is a cocky, 5,000-year-old djinni whom Nathaniel summons to help him get revenge against an arrogant adult wizard. Nathaniel is a 12-year-old magician in training in an alternate London where magic is real and perilous creatures and artifacts abound. ![]()
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