Stephen Minch - For Your Entertainment Pleasure & Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler

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Originally published in 1982, For Your Entertainment Pleasure helped set the tone for what card magic would look like in the Eighties, and beyond.

FISM Champion Daryl, "The Magician's Magician" detailed some of his finest original material here for the first time. There are classics like the Rising Crime Display, Daryl's Snowshoe Sandwich, and his sponge ball routine, all of which foreshadowed much of today's magic. There are also forgotten gems here, like Daryl's Coin Across and an astounding prediction effect using the four Aces.

Table of Contents:
Papa Rabbit Hits the Big Time - Believe it or not, this is an engaging, deceptive, and hilarious handling of sponge rabbits.
The High-Priced Spread - A beautiful but challenging routine featuring a one-handed Ascanio Spread.
Rising Crime - The centerpiece of this routine has become a modern classic and a principle used in many other great routines.
Future Acethetics - A deceptive and commercial prediction routine using the four Aces.
Sleightly Touched - A psuedo memory routine with a blockbuster ending.
Twogether Again - Daryl's take on "Coins Across".
The Coinditional Coin Game - A funny routine that has elements of a Copper/Silver Transpo.
The Out-of-Body Experience - Described as a "remote" sandwich routine, this is direct, visual, impossible magic.
The Snowshoe Sandwich - A routine that was wildly popular in its day and part of Daryl's FISM act.
Psychological Ace Assembly - One of the strongest treatment of a classical Assembly devised. No extra cards or gaffs. Just gorgeous construction and sleight of hand.

This masterwork encapsulates not only some of world champion Daryl’s finest work, but also some of the most influential material of the 1980s. Here we see Daryl’s now legendary Cutting Display for Triumph, his stunning, perfect “Mysterious Cross of India” Coins Across, and “The Boomerang Card of Mystery.” There are also some forgotten gems, waiting to be resurrected from the early 80s and introduced to a new audience. “In the Pinch” allows you to snatch a selection from a cascading pack of cards. You will also find Daryl’s touches on Twisting the Aces, an impossible card location, and more.

Secrets of a Puerto Rican Gambler is Daryl’s rarest and most acclaimed work, and we’re thrilled to present this updated reprint to fans worldwide. In addition to a sparkling new edit and layout, there are more than double the original photographs. Also included is a bonus routine not found in the original book but created during the same time period: Daryl’s astounding “Double Dazzling Triumph.”

Contents
The Boomerang Card of Mystery – Catch a selection from a falling waterfall of cards.
The Chicago Conspiracy – Trap two selections by causing them to come together.
Quick Silver – Two selected cards are attracted to a half dollar, as if by magic.
Holding On – Alex Elmsley’s “Between Your Palms” is a modern classic, and this is Daryl’s terrific take.
The Puerto Rican Triumph – This is it! This is where Daryl’s now-famous Cutting Display debuted.
The Mysterious Cross of India – A Coins Across of the Finest Order. No hand-to-hand transfers. A modern classic!
In the Pinch – You trap a selection as a spectator dribbles the cards to the table!
Just Tweezing – A variation of the above.
Conditional Assembly – A beautiful, thoughtful take on the classic four-Ace Assembly.
Twisted Aces Redivivus – If you love Vernon’s Twisting the Aces, you’ll love these fine finesses.
Double Dazzling Triumph – A show-stopping closer in the key of Triumph.