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<i>Sorcerer's Apprentice</i> (Shah book)

Sorcerer's Apprentice (Shah book)

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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.

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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]

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  1. [1]
    "Tahir Shah Sorcerer's Apprentice Reviewed by Rick Kleffel".
  2. [2]
    "The Richmond Review, Feature article, A Quick Chat with Tahir Shah". Archived from the original on 1 December 2001. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Laura Lee Show Search results for tahir shah". Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2008.
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