Houdini's Box: Adam Phillips
- £7.99 (Paperback)
Synopsis:
In his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips explores mankind's on-going fascination with ideas of escape. Taking as his starting point the life and works of Harry Houdini - 'the greatest magician the world has ever seen' - he considers why some people might become compulsive escape artists, whereas others appear to find freedom in self-imposed confinement.
'A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself.' Daily Telegraph
Tags:
- Categorised as:
- Non-fiction
- Sub-categories:
- Essays & Prose
- People & Characters:
- Emily Dickinson; Harry Houdini
- Genres & Themes:
- Escape; Humankind; Magic
- Selected edition:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9780571206650
- Published:
- 18.11.2002
- No of pages:
- 176