Daniel Wallace

Henry Walker was once a world-class magician, performing to sold-out shows in New York. But now he has been reduced to joining Musgrove's Chinese Circus (which at no point in its tour of the deep South has ever included a single Chinese person) as the shambling Negro Magician, whose dark black skin and electric green eyes bewitch most audiences. But one balmy Mississippi night in 1954, Henry disappears in the company of three rowdy white teens and...

Edsel Bronfman works as a junior executive shipping clerk and spends his free time with his mother. Then he gets a call telling him that he's won a free weekend at a beachfront condo in Florida. There's a catch: the offer is intended for a couple. Jolted into motion, Bronfman sets out to find a companion for his weekend getaway.

"The author tries to come to terms with the life and death of his multitalented longtime friend and brother-in-law, who had been his biggest hero and inspiration"-- Provided by publisher.