Erik runs away from one horror into another as he is found by a band of gypsies. He is thrown into a cage and treated like an animal. The gypsies show him in their fair as the "child corpse". It's not until Erik shows them his mystical singing voice, use of ventriloquism and magic tricks that he becomes even more valuable to the Gypsies. They teach him slight of hand and other ways of gypsy life. Erik realizes his power and by the age of 14 he leaves the gypsies and begins to travel Europe. His genius, his almost photographic memory and his need for constant information takes him to visit all the great cities and eventually lands him in Italy where he meets a master architect....
As Erik learns a new trade, he begins to become less suspicious of humanity. He realizes that he has gifts to create beautiful buildings and that his life with the gypsies, while educational, was not for an educated person. Tragedy continues to plague Erik and he is swept into Persia, into a society so wicked and twisted it can only resume his hatred of humanity. When Erik finally escapes, now a rich and powerful magician, he wanders back to his homeland of Paris... to his love of building and of music. Erik continues his journey to eventually become "The Phantom of the Opera". To find out what creates this mythical creature from a phenomenal man, you must pick up the book, Phantom, and follow Erik through his life. Each twist in his life is a new turn towards the Phantom you know. This book is a magical as it's character and will forever be a favored story in my book collection. To buy this book click here by Susan Kay was originally published in 1990. It tells the story of Erik, born in 1831 with severe facial deformities to a newly widowed, but extremely entitled woman. Erik is shunned by his mother, made to wear a mask in infancy, and tortured by his community. His only friend is his dog, who does not hate him for his face but instead loves him unconditionally. Erik is soon to be discovered a genious; in art, writing, music, language and architechure. He becomes enthralled in vantrilliquism and magic, which makes his mother even more suspicious of his evil. His mother, as insisted by her priest, finds tutors for Erik in order to focus his genious into approved studies. He soon outshines any student the teacher has ever had and has aspirations for more knowledge. Unfortunately, due to his deformity, his mother and his tutor both believe that he will never be allowed to attend University. Erik goes through many difficulties in his young life and after long years of verbal and mental abuse from his mother he runs away from his childhood home.
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