“This is a wonderful book, one of the fifteen or twenty best books of the century.

The roots of modern card magic stem from France and this book follows in the finest French tradition.

Its author has written it with love, subtlety, skill and inspiration.

Before Daniel Rhod, I was scared like Huxley: “on the side of the angels”.

It is said that the ancient Persians used to deliberately make mistakes in the carpets they wove, claiming that only God had the right to produce something perfect. It seems to me that in many pages Daniel has forgotten to include a ‘Persian mistake’.

Ah! If only all books were like this…!”

Arturo de Ascanio