$20(1 customer rating) ★★★★★
The authorized book of Rovi's life, philosophy, and magic. The first part deals with Rovi's life from birth, through military service and marriage all the way to his success in magic. A fascinating story with over 50 tricks including the much-requested "Cowboy Trick." Wonderful effects for a variety of skills. Many sleights are thoroughly explained and discussed, including Rovi's fabulous forces, pass, side slip, peek and top change. Many of these ideas appeared in print in this book for the first time.
Wonderful illustrations by Tony Dunn; produced and partly edited by Anthony Brahams.
1st edition 2000, The Cairn Press; print edition 173 pages; PDF 139 pages.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Publisher's Notes
- General Introduction
- Biography—Birth to Youth
- Military Service then Work in Printing
- Minnie, Marriage, Magic
- Magical Societies
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Anecdotes and Appreciations
Three Tributes from Three Colleagues
- Tom Owen
- Barry Williams (One of Wales' top comedy entertainers)
- Arthur Day
- Introduction to Rovi's Magic
The Pass-A Necessary Evil?
- The Rovi Pass and Controls
- Card in Chocolate Box
- Safe Bet
- Dippy Duck
The Top Change
- The Choice is yours
- Just for a Change
- Whose card are we talking about?
- One of the Best
The Peek
- To Peek at Leisure
- Further references for the peek include
The Fan Force
- Rovi's Fan Force
- The Best of Both
- Pressure Fan Force
- Ribbon Spread Force
- It Saves a Lot of Time
- I've Been Beaten
- Signed Card in Wallet
- Mine or Yours?
- Amazing, is it Not?
- Nothing Short of a Miracle
- References for forces include
The Jinx or Hindu or End Shuffle
- And Your Name is?
- The Jinx shuffle to show all the cards the same
- Card in Wallet
- The Jinx shuffle force
- Nice and Quick
- The Jinx Cut
- Between You and Me
- The 'Find You' Card
- Just Between Friends
- Editor's Notes
- Further Reading
- Rovi's Side Slip
The Hinged Card
- Who do you Support?
- Card through table
- Card in Balloon
- Yours, I Believe
The Thick Card
- Without Sight—Without Knowledge
- Is it Possible? No it's Not!
- Card in Wallet
- Cards in Harmony
- Your Card Plus Four Aces
- Notes
- Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
- Reputation Maker
- Cowboy trick
- The Magnetic North
- The Sandwich by Francis Haxton
- Rovi's version—The Powerful Queen
- Rovi's Close Up Version—Quick Bite
- Rovi Book Tests
- The Impossible made Possible
- The Rovi Book Test
- Saves a lot of Trouble Method
- Your Card and "Three Fat Ladies"
- Quick Time Version
- Note
- Roy, Roger Reminiscing
- Old Wines and Old Friends are Best
- Personal Perceptions
- Perception Replicated
- In my Estimation
- Goodbye to Rovi
word count: 57852 which is equivalent to 231 standard pages of text 
