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By: Derren Brown
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The inside of Derren Brown's head is a strange and mysterious place. Now you can climb inside and wander around. Find out just how Derren's mind works, see what motivates him and discover what made him the weird and wonderful person he is today.

Obsessed with magic and illusions since childhood, Derren's life to date has been an extraordinary journey and here, in Confessions of a Conjuror, he allows us all to join him on a magical mystery tour - to the centre of his brain... Taking as his starting point the various stages of a conjuring trick he's performing in a crowded restaurant, Derren's endlessly engaging narrative wanders through subjects from all points of the compass, from the history of magic and the fundamentals of psychology to the joys of internet shopping and the proper use of Parmesan cheese.

Brilliant, hilarious and entirely unlike anything else you have ever read before, Confessions of a Conjuror is a complete and utter joy.

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I have been listening to this book for the last hour and waiting for something to happen, but I have been so far left feeling a bit cheated. The book is what it says it is(so far) a look at Derren?s working life, from when he started as a table conjuror in Bristol. But there is no set pattern to this book and I have found that it jumps from one subject to another very quickly, this has left me confused.
I am a big fan of Derren?s work and have all of his other work on book, so I was looking forward to more of an understanding of him the person, but all I appear to know is when not to do a magic trick in a restaurant.
Good Title because it explains what this book is, but not much else, sorry Derren

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What a fantastic enjoyable book, 5 out of 5, 10 out of 10, 23 out of 23.
A truly honest wonderful listen that is beautifully written and narrated.I enjoyed hearing and heard every detail.Uplifting and light.I feel moved.
This of course is just my opinion and like so many others, always overated.
I do wonder when he will stop being a Clown? The Rascal.

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I only thing that surprised me about this book was that I had this expectation that due to Derren's knowledge of the mind and psychology he would have some profound insights into our nature and know some secrets as to how we can increase our personal power. I don't want to use the word disappointed because that's not fair.

I came away going 'oh my god' Derren is just a man. You put these people on pedestals and then now and then you realise they are just like everyone else and it's our perception of them that we see.

That aside this is an absolute masterpiece of writing, it really is. Derren uses such intricate language to give detailed descriptions of situations which paint the most vivid pictures in your mind. I listened to the whole thing in 3 sittings and that's not normal for me. But this had me gripped.

You know sometimes you're attention will switch away from the audio book and you miss a bit? That didn't happen to me with this because it's so entertaining.

I personally didn't laugh at what he was saying but it was very amusing. I'll end by saying that while it's a masterpiece I can imagine certain people not liking it because of the intricacy of the language.

But I loved it.

Clever Guy But Also Very Normal

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I'm a huge fan of Derren's, having watched the vast majority of his television programmes and specials, so was understandably very excited to see this new book. Part of Derren's appeal is the fact that he rarely fully discloses in detail his thoughts and personality, and this probably should have rang alarm bells before pressing play.

This isn't an autobiography, but an insight into Derren's mind. Although there were elements of Derren's personality which I identified with, the persistent nature in which he rattles of his often bizarre infatuations (breaking the foil seal on a new tube of toothpaste using the end of the cap, etc, etc) is funny at first but seems to go on and on throughout the book.

Derren uses a card trick he performed in a restaurant as a sub-story throughout the whole book, and although cleverly executed, the event itself doesn't quite feel interesting enough to describe in so much detail. It does however remind the listener how talented he is as a performer and how he picks up small cues about individuals to a remarkably accurate degree.

At times this was an interesting and enjoyable book, and Derren makes exceptional use of the English Language, but I still can't help feeling that I liked him more before listening to this...

Derren brown in a slightly odd light...

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absolutely loved this audio book. if your a fan ? this is a must.

wonderful

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