The confabulist /

What is real and what is an illusion? Martin Strauss's fate seems forever tied to that of magician Harry Houdini. Strauss recounts Houdini's life, but the retelling is through the damaged memory of the fan who killed him with a punch to the stomach in 1926. Can we trust what we hear? Belie...

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Main Author: Galloway, Steven, 1975-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
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