The Magic Christian
- 1969 film
Sir Guy Grand spends his money extravagantly. Adopting a grown man as his son, the pair set out to entertain themselves. Stars Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, Isabel Jeans, Caroline Blakiston, Wilfrid Hyde-White and more.
Terry Southern - The Magic Christian
Terry Southern's original comic novel upon which the British comedy film of the same name is based.
Guy Grand is an eccentric billionaire the last of the big spenders determined to create disorder in the material world and willing to spare no expense to do it. Leading a life full of practical jokes and madcap schemes, his ultimate goal is to prove his theory that there is nothing so degrading or so distasteful that someone won't do it for money. In Guy Grand's world, everyone has a price, and he is all too willing to pay it.
A satire of America's obsession with bigness, toughness, money, TV, guns, and sex, the novel was originally published in 1959.
First published: Tuesday 11th June 1996
- Pages: 148
- Catalogue: 9780802134653
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