After watching In and of Itself on Hulu, I wanted a little more … backstory? history? something of Derek Delgaudio. Amoral man delivered that, although it was more autobiographical than I realized it would be.
It was not the intimate and vulnerable ride that In and of Itself was, but it was still a fun, good, quick read and the reveal at the end was fantastic.
Big Takeaway
Control is an illusion. It’s a lesson I have to learn daily in so many different ways. Few of them are as entertaining (or as low-stakes, considering I was reading about somebody else’s life) as this one.
Favorite Quotes
Here’s a sampling.
• My mother had taught me the value of truth, but she neglected to teach me the cost.
• And if studying sleight-of-hand had taught me anything, it was to appreciate the things I couldn’t see.
• Karl Germain, the celebrated conjuror, known to the masses as Germain the Wizard, famously said, “Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and then he does.”
• They were prisoners, trapped by an illusion, unable to escape because they believed they were already free.