so i finished reading Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids by David Kushner. its the book about Jon Finkel, probably the best magic player ever. i would not have said that before i read the book, as i've always thought results spoke more so Kai was best, but yea Finkel owns Kai, maybe.
regardless, the book details jon's life as a fat nerd boy picked on by everybody, to being a magic pro picked on by his closest friends, to finally breaking out of his shell and becoming a blackjack card counting millionaire. needless to say, there is alot about finkel's life i didn't know. so all in all the book wasnt too bad, kinda dumb when talking about magic, but good through the other parts. seems to take a veiw about being smart and not fitting in that i don't agree with,but he sticks with it and is fairly convincing.
after reading the book, my veiw of Jon Finkel as a magic player went up alot, but my veiw of him as a human being went down alot as well.
i could talk about it more but i dont want to get preachy, which i know i can do sometimes.
1 comment:
had no idea there was such a book. interesting...
-evan
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