Midnight Sessions is a technical volume aimed squarely at practicing magicians. The subject is advanced card conjuring. I missed the boat when this book was released, so the standard edition was sold out by the time that I decided that I wanted to read it. Thus, I ended up purchasing the deluxe edition, which is a limited print run, and is (I presume) a finer production with a slipcase and better binding. But both editions are of the same layout and design, which is quite stunning and surprisingly good for a niche publication. (I will, however, lodge a complaint about the aesthetic quality of the pseudo-handwritten typeface used in some sections.) The book's unusual conceit is that the author meets an unnamed magician who challenges him to reconstruct whatever trick they've just shown. The reader is encouraged to do so too, a unique and intriguing approach among books in this genre, which typically just "spill their secrets" without challenge or enticement. I rather enjoyed the…
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