Section summary World of Wonders (novel)

1 section summary

1.1 bottle in smoke
1.2 merlin s laugh
1.3 le lit de justice

section summary
a bottle in smoke

this section deals paul s life travelling wanless world of wonders carnival playing in vaudeville theatres during winters. section title derives biblical reference bottle goatskin has been cured , hardened smoke fire. paul has been hardened experiences @ hands of willard, magician abducts paul , subjects him sexual abuse.

merlin s laugh

in section, paul has arrived in london , recruited stunt double sir john tresize, actor-manager of stage company. after playing stages in london , elsewhere in britain, troop long tour in canada. paul, called mungo fetch within company, influenced both tresize , wife, milady . in telling, magnus reveals ingestree young man had joined tresize s troop , had embarrassed himself in several ways. magnus shows how ingestree later revenged himself on tresize spiteful act.

le lit de justice

in epilogue section, liesl, magnus, , dunstan share large bed (lit) in savoy hotel in london after completion of film. dunstan , liesl question magnus based on earlier revelations, , mystery of death of boy staunton resolved.