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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino As hilarious as it isA Times book of the yearA Guardian book of the year Trick Mirror is an enlightening, unforgettable trip through the river of self delusion that surges just beneath the surface of our lives. This is a book about the incentives that shape us, and about how hard it is to see ourselves clearly in a culture that revolves around the self. In each essay, Jia writes about the cultural prisms that have shaped her: the rise of the nightmare social internet; the