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Three to See the King
''Three to See the King'', the third novel by Booker Prize-shortlisted author Magnus Mills, published in 2001, is part parable〔''The Independent on Sunday'': "Three to See the King, by Magnus Mills – James Urquhart acclaims a sly parable that bends and reshapes the land of Oz," http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/three-to-see-the-king-by-magnus-mills-674138.html, 16 June 2001.〕 and part speculative fiction.〔Eric Walker: ''Ten Overlooked Odd Speculative Fiction Classics'', http://www.sfsite.com/lists/10odd04.htm, 2006.〕
Written after the success of his first book, ''The Restraint of Beasts'', brought him into the media limelight, ''Three to See the King'' started out in part as a "project" to prove to himself that he could be a full-time writer.〔Julian Flanagan: ''Booker prize nominee prefers driving a bus; Magnus Mills's debut novel was nominated for the Booker prize, but he still loves his day job as a bus driver'', ''The Telegraph'', http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/authorinterviews/6006219/Booker-prize-winner-prefers-driving-a-bus.html, 11 Aug 2009.〕 The book was so successful that reviews appeared in ''The Guardian'', ''The Spectator'' and ''The Independent'', and it has been translated into both German as ''Zum König!'' (2004) and French as ''3 pour voir le Roi'' (2005).〔''The Complete Review'', http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/millsm/threesee.htm, accessed 28 Aug 2011.〕
==Plot Introduction==
The nameless narrator lives in an isolated tin house situated on a windswept sandy plain, miles from his nearest neighbours whom he meets infrequently. He is quite happy in his lonely self-sufficiency until unexpectedly a woman comes to live with him. Unsettled at first, the narrator gradually gets used to the companionship. Then news comes of a new community being established on the edge of the plain by a charismatic, yet enigmatic figure who is digging a canyon and gaining more and more followers to his revolutionary cause. One by one, his neighbours join the canyon project, moving their tin houses to the new community as the narrator feels under increasing pressure to join them...
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