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DeSouza's DeCeptions
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| DeSouza's DeCeptions | |
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| Author | David Acer |
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| Publisher | Camirand Academy of Magic |
| Publication Date | 2001 |
| Language | English |
Book of close-up magic created by Marc DeSouza, published in 2001, featuring 12 items from his working repertoire, and, as a bonus, his presentation for Gary Ouellet's three-shell routine, Supershells, which distinguishes itself from the original by, among other things, concluding with a vanish of the shells and pea. Hardcover with dustjacket, 142 pages, photo illustrated, published by The Camirand Academy of Magic.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Marc DeSouza
- Miniature Bowling Ball from Briefcase (a close-up version of Howard Flint's Bowling Ball from Briefcase)
- Picasso's Bill (novel approach to James Lewis' Mis-Made Bill effect)
- Twin Transpo x 2 (series of transpositions using two signed selections culminating in Wesley James' Fusion plot wherein the cards fuse together, back-to-back, into one "double-faced" card)
- Collection Agency (version of Roy Walton's Collectors plot)
- Copper/Silver My Way (copper/silver coin routine)
- Snowflake (non-smoking-related presentation for torn-and-restored cigarette paper)
- Quad-Ringle Plus (four-phase finger ring and rope routine)
- Shapeshifter (handling for Oscar Munoz card change)
- I'D Give My Right Arm to be Ambidextrous (version of Larry Jennings' Ambidextrous Aces)
- The Cover Change (card change)
- Die of Destiny (card prediction based on Claude Rix routine)
- Social Climbing (Ambitious Card routine)
Bonus: Shell-Act
Additional Notes
- Two routines in this book have at one time or another been sold as separate items - Miniature Bowling Ball from Briefcase and Die of Destiny.
- Picasso's Bill later reappeared in John Lovick's book, Switch
- Shapeshifter and Twin Transpo x 2 had previously appeared in The Trapdoor and M-U-M respectively.
- A performance-only companion video was sold separately, but has recently been converted to DVD and now comes packaged with the book.