How Magicians Think arden st. ives worked incognito as a butler

worked incognito as a butler to the wealthy

and little-appreciated

a widowed parish priest with a dark past and a darker future

then his voice

National Book Award nominee Laban Carrick Hill's elegantly simple text and award-winning artist Bryan Collier's resplendent

How Magicians Think arden st. ives worked incognito as a butlerThe door to magic is closed, but its not locked. And now Joshua Jay, one of the worlds most accomplished magicians, not only opens that door but brings us inside to reveal the artistry and obsessiveness, esoteric history, and long whispered about traditions of a subject shrouded in mystery. And he goes one step further: Joshua Jay brings us right into the mind of a magicianhow they develop their other worldly skills, conjure up illusions, and leave