Magic Tricks

In Strong Magic, Darwin Ortiz's fascinating insight is unfortunately balanced by his condescending hubris and distracting plugs for his own material. The first third of the book offers some brilliant insights; however, he quotes so extensively from Henning Nelms's Magic and Showmanship I wish I had just read that book instead. It's apparent from his grouchy, derogatory comments regarding amateur magicians that he's forgotten what it's like to be one. Yeah, I know we're an annoying bunch, but we keep him in business...and he really seems to hate that.