Close-up & personal

by David Regal

This stuffs so clever its criminal! These words were uttered by Max Maven shortly after reading David Regals Close - Up and Personal. Fortunately, Regal has managed to escape prosecution, due not only to his inventiveness, wit and originality in magic, but also to his success as a comedy performer and television writer. Davids magic twelve years ago so impressed Harry Lorayne, he wrote and published Davids first book - Star The Magic of David Regal. Loraynes title proved prophetic, and after seeing the contents of Close - Up and Personal, his comment was, Hell fool the hell out of you. David Regal is a popular performer at The Magic Castle, just one of the locations where he audience - honed the material presented in this volume. Close - Up and Personal contains, in the words of Ken Krenzel, An abundance of novel, offbeat gems. Close - Up and Personal contains seventy - two of Davids best performance pieces, described with care and in detail, accompanied by hundreds of photographs. If you seek close - up trickery that surprises, entertains and amazes both the public and jaded peers alike, you must read Close - Up and Personal! If you like the material in Close - Up and Personal, youll love the sequel books - volumes 1 - 2. Also be sure to check out , and .

254 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999