Toss the tuxedo No more impaling women in boxes Lose that top hat & set the rabbit free Magic is getting a makeover Forget those tired birthday party tricks or overproduced nonbelievable illusions Joshua Jay's " Magic" is a complete course jam-packed with over a hundred amazing but easy-to-learn effects Much more than a collection of tricks this book teaches both the mechanics & presentation necessary to perform each trick
- since only a mastery of both (plus a lot of practice) makes a real magician In " Magic" the performance scripts are topical (so you can transition seamlessly from a real conversation into a trick) the props are familiar (often right in front of you) & the magic is unbelievable (leaving your audience perfectly flabbergasted) Chapters cover a wide-range of scenarios in which you will learn to make money appear predict thoughts & phone numbers control a participant's decision & demonstrate superhuman memory As a bonus " Magic" recasts some of the classic prop-tricks that historically require rubber thumbs or trick card decks into new modern effects