Mr Sebastian and the Negro Magician

Henry Walker is a the negro Magician. His shows are performed at Musgroves Chinese Circus, making people think that even though their lives are bad that it could be worse. All of a sudden after the show was canceled Henry Walker suspiciously disappears.
After that the story is told in spans over decades. The book is from the viewpoints of Henry’s fellow circus performers and others that his life has touched. They tell from all different years of his life. Even back to when he first learned magic, and survived the tragic loss of his adored sister Hannah. Each story of Henry’s past is told from a different viewpoint, and is just a little different from the one before, until you don’t know what to believe until the story ends. I found myself entranced with this book and found it an enchanting story dealing with loss, identity, the limits of magic, and how a person’s actions can influence others. The story confuses the reader, leaving them to wonder, did Henry Walker make a deal with the devil for his magic, or was he instead just a gifted magician who had been run down by time?