Sublime

much of what’s been written about memory improvement by self-help gurus is tainted by hucksterism.

This book is about how it feels to be a magician-no dainty Robertson Davies concoction, but a man with saw cuts and rope burns on his hands and a fire in his soul for the devious art of putting the impossible on a stage.

Mostly, they stayed out of his way, as he tended to view any performing magician as a rival.