High Caliber

John Bannon's highly-engineered, yet easy-to-do brand of magic shines in this hardcover collection. Over forty complete routines are described in Bannon s easy-going readable style. Here are the tricks and the clever, innovative thinking behind them. Collected from Bannon's publications over the ten years since his internationally best-seller Dear Mister Fantasy, you'll find an impressive variety as well: · Sophisticated fractal packet tricks· Contemporary gambling demonstrations· Ultramodern Ace assemblies· Unorthodox garden path tricks· Unconventional transpositions· Refined mental mysteries High Caliber covers the magical waterfront with a fresh, original view.Yet, notwithstanding this extraordinary breadth, no gaffs are employed and no difficult moves are required. Virtually all of the routines use regular cards, most are impromptu, and quite a few are self-working. Typical of Bannon s work, each layered construction has been polished until the trick has a point, a purpose, and a place in the magical firmament.All in, High Caliber is a remarkable collection of card magic by a modern master. A deluxe cloth bound volume with color frontispiece and dust jacket; illustrated with over 250 photographs.