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The Last Magician

The Last Magician is about power and betrayal, sexual obsession and social ostracism. At its center is Lucy, a good girl and a whore, whose nights are spent in a kaleidoscope of identities as she dons the masks her customers demand. Charlie is a photographer, filmmaker, voyeur, and the last magician — monitoring Lucy, piecing together the splinters of evidence surrounding the death of a child and a murder that happened half a lifetime ago.

A New York Times Notable Book. Reading group guide included.

THE LAST MAGICIAN, 1992
Australia: UQP 1992; paperback 1993
UK: Virago 1992; paperback 1993
Canada: McClelland & Stewart 1992
USA: Henry Holt & Co 1992; Fawcett paperback 1993; WW Norton paperback 2004

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