Ross Johnson’s reputation precedes him. He has had a long successful career as a professional corporate mentalist. When Al Koran passed away from cancer, Johnson replaced him in the roster of his agent, Harry Breyn. There is a long list of respected professionals who were all too happy to blurb the book. It has a foreword by Michael Weber. Johnson is also the kind of performer who has published relatively little and performed for other magicians infrequently. This is the first significant collection of his work in print. (There was a lecture for Penguin in 2016.)
The book is centered around a description of Johnson’s corporate after-dinner banquet show (which was adapted for a run at the Rhapsody Theater in Chicago, filmed to be shared with buyers of the book) with additional routines that were featured in earlier iterations of the show but have since been replaced. To say the show is worthy of your study would be a criminal understatement. The entire affair—its contents, structure, and delivery—is a master class in planning and attention to detail. Nearly every word is meticulously chosen and delivered with intention.