AMORALMAN: A True Story and Other Lies

It’s difficult to isolate any single event that conveys the enormity of his douchebaggedness.

Leo helped me build confidence, and he encouraged me. It seemed like, for the first time, I might have found a mentor who aligned with my ambitions. I felt there was much I could learn from Leo. And with his guidance, who knows how far I could go.

Virtually all of the techniques that magicians and cheaters “share” come from the world of the cheater. For hundreds, possibly thousands of years, magicians have taken tools from cheaters and offered little in return. Or, more likely, cheaters didn’t want what magicians had to offer. It’s not that the magician’s methods are inferior. It’s that they

In the 1950s and ’60s, Dutch magician Fred Kaps was considered one of, if not the most, well-respected conjuror of his generation. The man was a sensational performer, a brilliant technician, an innovator, equally charming on every platform and in multiple languages. After making a name for himself in Europe and the UK, Kaps was ready to take Ameri

My hurried movements caused silent alarms to ring in her head, telling her, Something’s fishy. It’s not that she was particularly perceptive; anyone watching me would have assumed the same.

I had no interest in performing. This, I discovered, was highly unusual.

These unknowing actors were oblivious to the story they were telling and completely ignorant of this crucial fact: Their truths were in service of a lie.

That’s not true.

That repairman passed his father’s dream down to his son, Walter.