Book description
What is the greatest trick of all—survival or disappearance? How far would you go to find out?
In the heyday of Atlantic City, a man determined to rise above his circumstances and make a name for himself in a world hostile to people like him, finds his calling in the…
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1 author picked Alakazam as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I don’t read much horror. I don’t actually love it as a genre, but I was totally sucked into this book because of the magic element. The book is a braided narrative, running on two tracks with two sets of protagonists. In the modern era, two magic geeks visit Atlantic City to gawk at the home of a long-disappeared magician who figures prominently in the entertainment history of New Jersey’s once-grand Boardwalk mecca. The other track is told from the POV of their idol, a magician from another era who struggles to hide his two deepest secrets. The rise and…
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