这篇文笔极佳的《纽约客》人物专访是我入坑 Ricky Jay 的起点。当时是哈佛 Cabot 科学图书馆一位好心的同事帮我剪下来的，她觉得我会喜欢。她猜得一点没错。我买了 Ricky 的书《博学的猪与防火的女人》（Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women）并一口气读完，后来又兴致勃勃地看了他那场精彩绝伦的演出（录制成了 HBO 特别节目）《Ricky Jay 和他的 52 张扑克牌助手》。
专访发表几年后
This beautifully written New Yorker profile is what first got me hooked on Ricky Jay. It was clipped for me by a kind coworker at Harvard’s Cabot Science Library, who thought I’d like it. She was right. I bought and devoured Ricky’s book Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, and later delighted in his brilliant show (recorded as an HBO special) Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants.
A few years after the profi
这也是一本神书。Ricky Jay 不仅是位不可思议的魔术师和表演艺术家，在魔术史以及各种相关冷知识领域更是一座活宝库。文中提到的《博学的猪与防火的女人》也只是触碰了这门学问的皮毛而已。
It's also an amazing book. In addition to being an incredible magician and entertainer, Ricky Jay was also a wealth of knowledge on the history of magic and all things related. The referenced "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" is just scratching the surface of the subject.
这篇文笔极佳的《纽约客》人物专访是我入坑 Ricky Jay 的起点。当时是哈佛 Cabot 科学图书馆一位好心的同事帮我剪下来的，她觉得我会喜欢。她猜得一点没错。我买了 Ricky 的书《博学的猪与防火的女人》（Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women）并一口气读完，后来又兴致勃勃地看了他那场精彩绝伦的演出（录制成了 HBO 特别节目）《Ricky Jay 和他的 52 张扑克牌助手》。 专访发表几年后
This beautifully written New Yorker profile is what first got me hooked on Ricky Jay. It was clipped for me by a kind coworker at Harvard’s Cabot Science Library, who thought I’d like it. She was right. I bought and devoured Ricky’s book Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, and later delighted in his brilliant show (recorded as an HBO special) Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants. A few years after the profi
这也是一本神书。Ricky Jay 不仅是位不可思议的魔术师和表演艺术家，在魔术史以及各种相关冷知识领域更是一座活宝库。文中提到的《博学的猪与防火的女人》也只是触碰了这门学问的皮毛而已。
It's also an amazing book. In addition to being an incredible magician and entertainer, Ricky Jay was also a wealth of knowledge on the history of magic and all things related. The referenced "Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" is just scratching the surface of the subject.
如果你对各种奇闻怪论和冷门偏门感兴趣，《博学的猪与防火的女人》绝对值得买来看看。
"Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women" is absolutely worth picking up if you fancy esoterica.