Truth Fables by Ben Blau

Build thoughtful card mentalism and close-up magic into your repertoire with Truth Fables, Ben Blau’s follow-up to Asymptotes. The book brings together effects from Blau’s performing repertoire, including sophisticated card routines and selected non-card pieces.

Explore ideas for a considered, audience-focused performance, from direct mind reading and drawing duplications to lightning calculation and impossible coincidences.

• 18 routines: A substantial collection offers plots to study and develop for your act.
• Card and non-card effects: The range gives you ideas beyond playing-card mentalism, too.
• Lavishly illustrated: 400 black-and-white photographs accompany the material.
• Hardcover edition: The 6-by-9-inch book has 500 pages and a dust jacket.
• Foreword by Jeff McBride: Adds an introduction from the acclaimed magician and teacher.

Blau, the 2019 Eugene Burger Legacy Award winner, presents work suited to magicians and mentalists who enjoy studying carefully shaped routines. Keep Truth Fables close as a source of material and inspiration while planning your next performance.