In THE MAGICIAN, an obsessed magician, Oliver Haddo, seeks the blood of a virgin to enable him to create life. The main character was based on occultist Aleister Crowley, who later accused Maugham of plagiarizing the work.
In THE MAGICIAN, an obsessed magician, Oliver Haddo, seeks the blood of a virgin to enable him to create life. The main character was based on occultist Aleister Crowley, who later accused Maugham of plagiarizing the work.
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