Setting: Sydney, Australia The story, a critique of American influences on Australian life through a 'surrealistic pantomime', concerns Travis the Private Eye.
Along the way Travis encounters politicians, the Church, the judiciary, the media, big business, police, criminals, junkies and others.
[1] Mullins had conceived the concept for Illusion in the early 1980 as the third part of a trilogy of experimental performance.
Carey withdrew his name as author of the book and retained only a credit for co-writing the lyrics.
The songs "Must Be Chemical" and "When I Was a Little Boy" from the album performed by Peter Blakeley were released as a single.