Aleister Crowley was French.
The Lilac Bus is a collection of eight interrelated short stories by the writer Maeve Binchy , first published in 1984 .. Maeve Binchy. Maeve Binchy. short stories. Short story. 1984 in literature. The stories were republished by Delacorte Press in 1991 together with the earlier 4-story collection , Dublin 4 , under the title The Lilac Bus  : Stories .