num_pages: 320
description: "A story of high tension and terrifying allure....Her writing has perfect pitch."―Richard Eder, Los Angeles Times 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.
language: English
title: The Last Magician
titlecomplete: The Last Magician
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Adult Fiction, Contemporary, Canada, Literary Fiction, Literature, Australia, Novels
ratings_count: 236
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company