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Now You See it (Mass Market Paperback)

by Richard Matheson (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812548116
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812548112
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 10.6 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,384,673 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Summoning his family and associates to his side after a mysterious disease destroys his career as the world's greatest stage magician, Maximilian Delacorte begins a grisly afternoon of magic, madness, and revenge.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas but a bit too "Rococó", 6 Jun 2001
There are several thing I liked about this book: The idea of the Narrator -the paralysed Father of the tale's magician- and the way he tells things and refers to himself is great. The plot is witty and has some really funny moments in it. The action takes place in a single room, and you get the feeling you were watching a TV mystery show.

The only problem is that towards the end there have been so many twists of the tale that it becomes very hard to believe and you start feeling distanced from the story. It tries to be so worked out that the story loses the veracity and surprise factor it had at the beginning, particularly because the author uses the same trick over and over again.

Still I think it's a nice book, very amusing and worth reading. I had a good time with it.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars ...NOW YOU DON'T..., 29 Nov 2008
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I have read a number of the author's novels, and have enjoyed them all to one extent or another. This one is no different. It is well-written and replete with a number of intriguing twists and turns, as well as a discourse on how some magic tricks are derived.

The events that transpire within the book are narrated by an elderly man, silenced and paralyzed by a stroke, who, nonetheless has all his marbles and is a totally sentient being encased in a totally unresponsive body, leaving him unable to communicate. That man is seventy-three year old Emil Delacorte, who was once a great stage magician, until his stroke incapacitated him. Then his son, Maximilian Delacorte took up where his father left off, becoming the world's greatest stage magician.

It seems, however, that Max has been off his feed of late, and he is not as great as he used to be. Summoning associates and his wife, Cassandra, herself a capable magician, to his father's study, also known as the magic room, Max engages in a series of masterful tricks that have grisly results. It is there that a series of events transpire, some totally shocking, that keep the reader wondering just what is going on?

The pacing is kinetic, and the twists and turns are diabolic, leaving the reader breathlessly turning the pages of this tightly written, highly stylized, somewhat anachronistic little book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A worth-reading book...very suspenseful, 7 Mar 1998
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R. Matheson captures pure irony, subtle comedy, and horror in this one. It is a page-turning suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very surprising and unexpected end. Matheson is truly one of the masters of horror right under Stephen King and Robert McCAMMON!!!!
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