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In the age of clickbait, long-form journalism has suffered a decline in the climbing media. The Magician's Glass by Ed Douglas bucks this trend, says Rob Greenwood, with eight well-researched, well-written essays on a variety of topics from mountain culture to biography.

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In reply to UKC/UKH Gear:

Great review - it's a terrific book and a really good change of pace from the biographies or expedition write-ups that make up a lot of climbing lit.

David.

In reply to SuperstarDJ:

It was quite an intimidating prospect writing this review, as it required something a little different from your standard 'product' review - hopefully I did it justice.

For those that haven't read it I would highly recommend doing so...