Studies in Deception - Aurelio Paviato

Learn the secrets of a FISM Champion!Aurelio Paviato is one of Italy's greatest magical thinkers & performers. In his decades-long career, Aurelio has not only taken home the top prize at FISM, but he has created & refined many sleights and routines.A close friend of Arturo de Ascaio, Aurelio shares his magical thinking in the realms of card and coin magic with detailed information about a variety of passes, palms, sleeving, switches, steals, and beyond.He also teaches the complete FISM routine that won him First Place in Close-Up Magic at the 1982 competition in Lausanne, Switzerland. Of course, he brings refinements that have been made to the routine over the years.All of the details of a lifetime of magic are explored in over 240 pages of text, accompanied by copious photographs for clear learning.From Richard Hatch:In reading Aurelio Paviato’s Studies in Deception, I was reminded of what Ottokar Fischer had written more than 100 years ago in his own book on the card magic o