This is clever, usable magic for table or close-up work with a minimum of skill and an emphasis on misdirection and subtle presentation. In all, a twenty-minute act or superb table routine.
In Transfix, The Pervious Coin, Extortion, Creeping and a Wrinkle on the Miser's Dream, you get some fine coin routines; and in Uncanny Rags, an Afghan Band presentation that segues into a rope routine.
The effects are accompanied by illustrations by the author.
CONTENTS:
- Introduction
- Preamble
- Transfix
- The Pervious Coin
- Extortion
- Creeping
- Uncanny Rags
- A Wrinkle on the Miser's Dream
- About the Author
- Recommended Titles
"Mardo has the happy faculty of being able to change a trick by the addition of a few subtle twists to produce a more effective result." - J. G. Thompson, Jr.
"Exceptionally fine." - Ernie Simon
"Very effective in close-up, or table, performance. The needed details are all in his descriptions, and a considerable amount of humor. The tricks will be ones you and your audiences will like." - John Mulholland
"Six gems of close-up magic." - Goodliffe
Magic World revised edition adds two new chapters, an additional illustration, plus various edits and updates.
1st edition 1947, PDF 20 pages.
word count: 6114 which is equivalent to 24 standard pages of text
