Foreword
Acknowledgements
Farewell to Pepe Carroll by Juan Tamariz
Goodbye, Adopted Father by Amílkar
Three Photos by Camilo Vázquez
The Madrid Magic School Circular
• Experiences
• The Mandrágora
• FISM Brussels 1979
• Constructing Card Magic Routines
• Mnemonicosis
• The Presentation I
• Two Tiny Details
• The Presentation II
• Three Little Things
• Seven Travelers, Four cities, One Magic
• Seven Travelers II
• Seven Travelers III
• Leipzig’s Stage Technique
• Beauty and Ugliness
• One Gaze
• Colombia, or the Discovery of America
• An Opinion Piece
• About Verbal Presentation
• The Five Senses
Prologue to the First Edition of 52 Lovers
Conflicts
Transformations
• Impossible Color Changes
• Impossible Transpositions
• Reflections
• All Backs, or the Creation
• Card Pages
Techniques
• The Economical Double Lift—and Something More
• Handling with Help, or Handy Handlings
The Ambitious Card
• The Torn Ambition
• The Cardculator
Triumph
• Triumph with Fans
Reds and Blacks
• Red and Black
• Oil and Water in a Wine Glass
Travels
• Travelers through the Card Case
• The Glass Wall
• Flying Aces
The Unwary Cheater, or the Nine-Card Monte
Favorites
• Suit Appearance
• Instructions
• Cannibals!
• Through the Looking-Glass
• The Triple Tacker
Previously Unpublished Routines
• Poosha D’Poosha
• The FISM-winning Act: His Magic Touch!
• Gaylord Ravenal, The Dice-Stacking Routine
Pepe Carroll’s Humor
Acknowledgements
Farewell to Pepe Carroll by Juan Tamariz
Goodbye, Adopted Father by Amílkar
Three Photos by Camilo Vázquez
The Madrid Magic School Circular
• Experiences
• The Mandrágora
• FISM Brussels 1979
• Constructing Card Magic Routines
• Mnemonicosis
• The Presentation I
• Two Tiny Details
• The Presentation II
• Three Little Things
• Seven Travelers, Four cities, One Magic
• Seven Travelers II
• Seven Travelers III
• Leipzig’s Stage Technique
• Beauty and Ugliness
• One Gaze
• Colombia, or the Discovery of America
• An Opinion Piece
• About Verbal Presentation
• The Five Senses
Prologue to the First Edition of 52 Lovers
Conflicts
Transformations
• Impossible Color Changes
• Impossible Transpositions
• Reflections
• All Backs, or the Creation
• Card Pages
Techniques
• The Economical Double Lift—and Something More
• Handling with Help, or Handy Handlings
The Ambitious Card
• The Torn Ambition
• The Cardculator
Triumph
• Triumph with Fans
Reds and Blacks
• Red and Black
• Oil and Water in a Wine Glass
Travels
• Travelers through the Card Case
• The Glass Wall
• Flying Aces
The Unwary Cheater, or the Nine-Card Monte
Favorites
• Suit Appearance
• Instructions
• Cannibals!
• Through the Looking-Glass
• The Triple Tacker
Previously Unpublished Routines
• Poosha D’Poosha
• The FISM-winning Act: His Magic Touch!
• Gaylord Ravenal, The Dice-Stacking Routine
Pepe Carroll’s Humor