Out in paperback now. “Gregory writes with humor and charm, offering up a rollicking and quick-paced plot tailor-made for summer ”. “A skillfully written family drama that employs quirk and magic with grace.”. “Spoonbenders is hilarious, heartfelt and brimming with humanity.”. Book Summary. Harnessing the imaginative powers that have made him a master storyteller, Daryl Gregory delivers a stunning, laugh-out-loud new novel about a family of gifted dreamers and the invisible forces that bind us all. · SPOONBENDERS. by Daryl Gregory ‧RELEASE DATE: J. In a nimble and substantial novel, Gregory (Harrison Squared, , etc.) delves into the lives of the members of the eccentric and psychically gifted Telemachus family. On a summer day in , Teddy Telemachus, a flamboyant and charming con man, card shark, and devotee of sleight of hand, cheats his way into a Author: Megan Kurashige.
Daryl Gregory, "Spoonbenders" (Knopf, ) If Tolstoy had written Spoonbenders (Knopf, ), he might have started it: "All happy families are alike; each family of psychics is unhappy in its own way."Then again, who needs Tolstoy when you have Daryl Gregory, whose masterful family drama is tied together with telekinesis, astral traveling, and genuine mindreading magic. As Daryl Gregory's Spoonbenders opens, the Amazing Telemachus Family's career as exotic performers has long since died on the vine. The family was discredited on national television; the act. Spoonbenders: a book by Daryl Gregory. I attended a talk given by Dr Joe Gallenberger last month on psychokinesis and winning in Las Vegas where he had briefly described spoon bending that seems to defy the laws of physics. When I was growing up, a self-proclaimed psychic known as Uri Geller would go on talk shows bending spoons at the neck.
Book Summary. Harnessing the imaginative powers that have made him a master storyteller, Daryl Gregory delivers a stunning, laugh-out-loud new novel about a family of gifted dreamers and the invisible forces that bind us all. Gregory writes with humor and charm, offering up a rollicking and quick-paced plot tailor-made for summer.” —Manuel Gonzales, The New York Times Book Review “Daryl Gregory’s Spoonbenders takes a madcap look at the US in the latter half of the 20th century through the dysfunctional but endearing Telemachus family. What follows is a hilarious, freewheeling caper involving Chicago gangsters and government secret agents, culminating in a satisfyingly bittersweet denouement.”. SPOONBENDERS. by Daryl Gregory ‧RELEASE DATE: J. In a nimble and substantial novel, Gregory (Harrison Squared, , etc.) delves into the lives of the members of the eccentric and psychically gifted Telemachus family. On a summer day in , Teddy Telemachus, a flamboyant and charming con man, card shark, and devotee of sleight of hand, cheats his way into a government study about psychic abilities.
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