The Magician's Assistant
By Ann Patchett
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Hardcover, 9780151002634, 368pp.)
Publication Date: October 1997
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Paperback
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A secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself-a 1990s love story with the grace and charm of a nineteenth-century novel” (Newsweek).
ANN PATCHETT is the author of six novels, including Bel Canto, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize. She has written for the Atlantic, Gourmet, the New York Times Magazine, Vogue, the Washington Post, and others.











