> LINT book by John Luka

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This is easily in in my top 5 favorite magic books of all time, and I read a lot. My favorite part about this book isn't the effect, although they are all quite miraculous, but the full worked scripting they give you to go off of. They give you a moderate script that you can add or take away from to add your own persona. But now to the effects; the first trick in the book is my favorite trick of all time, 'The Lie Detector' by Ron Bauer. It is the best method for accomplishing what is know as the "Lie Detector Plot" as it's impromptu and contains magical moments no one is expecting, even magicians. Another favorite of my is 'Simple Arithmetic II' an effect originally published by Dai Vernon in "More Inner Secrets of Card Magic". Luka removes my least favorite part about Vernon's handling and makes use of the same revelation every single time. 'The Fidgeting Card' by Bill Kalush is also a Phenomenal effect packed with heavy duty sleight of hand, although it's not for the faint of heart you will learn some amazing reversals such as a cull reversal and Marlo's 'Future Reverse'. Luka also teaches a full pledged routine called 'Kings on a Fling' and his a three phase routine that consists of making card switch, transpose, change and even cutting to cards that are lost throughout the deck. Luka also teaches his finesses on the Zarrow Shuffle and the Turnover Pass that will speed of the learning process and make these sleights look more invisible in performance use. There is a lot of coin magic in here however i work exclusively with cards so I don't want to give skewed or false claims about some of the coin effects however reading through some of the descriptions of the effect they look great! There's even non card material in this book! So overall I really suggest you to buy this book however I also suggest you to take your time and really practice these effects justice when performing.

P.S. I left out the description for two of my favorite card things in the book, when reading I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what I left out.

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