- Fiction in English, Horror fiction, Magic tricks, Psychological fiction
Corky, a famous and brilliantly skilled magician has something to hide. It is in his attempt to keep his secret from the public that leads into "psycho country."
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Spare, grave, classical in form and intimate.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- William Goldman
- First published
- 1976
- Pages
- 254
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, Macmillan, NY Delacorte Press 1976.
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780440151418
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