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""[This book] is the first major scholarly work to make an extended and explicit connection between magic and detective fiction. By exploring the intricate interplay between magicians and detectives, this groundbreaking study offers fresh perspectives on classic detective literature and makes vital contributions to the emerging field of magic studies.""--Todd Herzog, professor of German studies and film studies and director of the Niehoff Center for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati;. author of Crime Stories: Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany ""[This book] is the first major scholarly work to make an extended and explicit connection between magic and detective fiction. By exploring the intricate interplay between magicians and detectives, this groundbreaking study offers fresh perspectives on classic detective literature and makes vital contributions to the emerging field of magic studies.""-Todd Herzog, professor of German studies and film studies and director of the Niehoff Center for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati;. author of Crime Stories: Criminalistic Fantasy and the Culture of Crisis in Weimar Germany

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Rebecca Josephy is an associate professor at Oakland University in Michigan. Her principal field of research is in 20th century comparative literature with a special emphasis on the Hebrew Bible and Jewish thought and philosophy in French literature and popular culture.

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