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The Illusionist

by Jennifer Johnston · 1997

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THE BOOK: A woman of fifty-eight, meets an illusionist - the Illusionist - on a train. At first, life is blissfully sweet, but when her first novel turns brings overnight fame, the women's life changes out of all recognition.

Genre
literary fiction
Setting
1990sIreland
Audience
adult

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