Books
May, 2001
Just so there's no misunderstanding the subject matter of Joy's Journal of Anomalies (Farrar Straus and Giroux), the publisher has thoughtfully provided an exhaustive list on the cover: conjurers, cheats, hustlers, hoaxsters, pranksters, impostors, pretenders and jokesters. Adding to the appeal of the material is the identity of the author: Ricky Jay, the sleight-of-hand artist who has staged television specials and acted in David Mamet's films. In Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, Jay demonstra...
