by BeerForDolphins » Sep 22nd, '03, 12:11
I only have a few magic reference books with this one particularly referred to me by Peter Duffie....I can see why.
As a novice you want a guide to be clear and concise. The Card Magic of Le Paul delivers the best elements of all the most used and ultimately useful card techniques in words and pictures that really does get the desired point across. That is not to say that the material is easy...far from it. Some of the techniques will take some time to master but you never feel out of your depth.
After briefly covering the pass, concentrating on the turnover pass, the book then enters into the realms of palming, steals, lifts, changes, false deals, controls, shuffles and flourishes. It never bogs you down with TOO much information but covers enough to give you the weapons you need to feel confident to cover most sleight of hand situations.
The learning aspect of the book is backed up by 20 absolutely fantastic tricks. Rather than covering old ground with tricks that every man and his dog knows, the appendix has been thought out very well and for an "older" book ther tricks seem very fresh and not as dated as some in RRTCM.
Cost
I think it cost £14.99.....
Difficulty
(1=easy to do, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
A strong 3...obviously there are sleights used but not so knucklebusting as some books out there.
Overall
I cannot recommend it enough...experienced magicians may not find it as useful as novices but I would imagine it would still make a welcome addition to someones collection just for the tricks alone.