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Magic
September 10, 2020
Jo Livingstone
Susanna Clarke’s
Piranesi
Is a Hall of Wonders
The follow-up to the bestselling “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” is a fraction of its length but has far more heft.
August 26, 2019
Cody Delistraty
Why Is the One Percent So Obsessed With Magic?
Steve Cohen, a.k.a. the Millionaires' Magician, has made a killing doing parlor magic for the wealthy—revealing the dreams and aspirations of those who already have everything.
April 20, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Brain Damage
"I Feel Pretty" is a comedy robbed of all its potential magic by its disappointing script.
May 1, 2013
Stanley Kauffmann
Two of the Best
June 24, 1925
Edmund Wilson
Harry Houdini Investigates the Spirit World
The magician delighted in exposing spiritualists as con men and frauds.
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