Sorcerer's Apprentice (Shah book)

This article is about the travel book by Tahir Shah. For other uses, see Sorcerer's Apprentice (disambiguation).

Sorcerer's Apprentice is a travel book by Anglo-Afghan author, Tahir Shah.

Sorcerer's Apprentice

First US edition cover
Author	Tahir Shah
Illustrator	Tahir Shah (photos)
Language	English
Subject	India, magic, folklore
Genre	Travel
Publisher	Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Publication date	1998
ISBN	1-55970-580-9
OCLC	46422213
Dewey Decimal	793.8/092 B 21
LC Class	GV1545.S29 A3 2001
Preceded by	Beyond the Devil's Teeth
Followed by	Trail of Feathers
Editions: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Indian, US, Czech

Synopsis

The book is Shah's account of his travels throughout India and his meeting with godmen, sadhus, and street sorcerers. He had embarked on the trip to locate an Indian illusionist who he had met as a boy in rural England and from whom he had learned magic tricks. The illusionist had been assigned as a guardian to Shah's great-grandfather's tomb.^[1] On his trip, he met a variety of such characters,^[2] many of whom run confidence tricks and scams.^[3]

Reviews

• Review of Sorcerer's Apprentice and other Shah books on Mondo Ernesto
• Review from April 15, 2001 on Kirkus Reviews
• Review of Sorcerer's Apprentice^[usurped] on All About India
• Review of Sorcerer's Apprentice on Publishers Weekly