The Mystic MasseurFirst edition first impression from 1957 in VG condition of The Mystic Masseur; the book has general reading wear and there is a mark to rear endpapers, no other markings. The jacket has some shelfwear to extremities. About The Mystic Masseur The novel is about a frustrated writer of Indian descent who rises from an impoverished background to become a successful politician on the back of his dubious talent as a masseur who can cure illnesses.