SYNOPSIS:
Flamenco is Juan Tamariz’s long-awaited third volume in his celebrated Bewitched Music series, following Sonata and Mnemonica. Written by Stephen Minch and refined over nearly three decades, the book presents some of Tamariz’s most cherished professional repertoire, featuring routines that have evolved through countless performances. The material spans cards, coins, color-changing knives, and interactive effects for both live and broadcast performances, but the true value of the book lies in Tamariz’s masterful construction of impossibility. Throughout the volume, readers gain insight into his legendary use of psychology, timing, audience management, and layered deception—principles that elevate simple tricks into unforgettable miracles. More than a collection of routines, Flamenco is a study in how one of magic’s greatest thinkers creates wonder.
Book Details:
Author/Creator: Juan Tamariz
Publisher: Hermetic Press
Edition: 1st
Publication Year: 2024
Subjects: Cards, Coins, Knives, Everyday Objects, Magic Theory
Pages: 264
Skill Level: Advanced
Availability: Penguin Magic
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Prologue—Juan Tamariz (p. vii)
• Dance in Slow Time (p. ix)
• TOQUE: TRUE PALMS, FALSE MIXES AND SLY GLIMPSES (p. 3)
• The Phantom Top Palm (p. 5)
• The Non-Shuffle (p. 8)
• The Missing-Hour Shuffle (p. 16)
• The Hindon’t Shuffle (p. 22)
• The Charlier Variant (p. 24)
• When Enough Is Enough (p. 26)
• The Sticky-Fingered Glimpse (p. 30)
• The Sensitivity Glimpse (p. 33)
• CONTE: CARD TRICKS FOR NEAR AND FAR (p. 35)
• Compositions for Standard Fretting (p. 37)
• The Accommodating Deck (p. 39)
• Wordly Rise (p. 63)
• The First-Class Tourists (p. 78)
• Oil Strike (p. 91)
• A Separate Piece (p. 104)
• 1942 (p. 114)
• Traveling Together (p. 122)
• Très Optical (p. 131)
• Paradise Recovered (p. 135)
• The Final Mystery (p. 143)
• False Notes (p. 153)
• Exactly the Same with a Difference (p. 155)
• Los Centauros (p. 167)
• Trise (p. 184)
• Automajuan (p. 200)
• A Case of Intuition (p. 206)
• The Unwrapped Pharaoh (p. 211)
• Another Undressed Control (p. 216)
• BAILE: SHARPS AND FLATS (p. 221)
• Meal Ticket (p. 223)
• The Secret Life of Coins (p. 229)
• Point Blanche (p. 246)
• The Walsh-Cassanelle Anti-turn (p. 247)
• The Majorette’s Display (p. 248)
• The Trichange Switch (p. 252)
