"Who was Ted Lesley?" ... Asks this book and tries to give an answer. But the closer the author came in this man in the course of his research, the more puzzling, more complex, incomprehensible he, he ... who stood firmly on stage with both legs and at the same time committed between the worlds, the glaring light of the headlights and glamor and glamor the dark sides of the shadow -rich and human undergrowth.

He was everything in one: generous and petty, awesome and helpless, empathetic and repellent, charming and vengeful, an unshakable friend and a sensitive narcissist, a beautiful spirit who loved music and cooking, and a small spirit that didn't just count - And in everything he was, he was excessive. And that is traced here!

Extract from the content:

1. Friedrich Karl Helzel - childhood and youth 1937-1959:
Family history - years of war - the way to the west - school time and magic - vocational training

It is a life that began in the dark of an external war and ended in the dark of an inner one and experienced all facets in between. And are integrated into this trip ... 119 effects and routines, well -known, less well -known and even never published:

In addition to small ideas, you will find the gigantic highlights such as "The cards lie never", the "Teleport", "Center Tear" and the "Himber-Ring" up to the "Informatico Principle", which was and one of the most sought-after principles in his time is still a stroke of genius, and the last two U.S. seminars (Master Class) 2003, which never appeared in German.

Some effects and routines are presented in a critical view, some are newly arranged and almost all complemented with thought and variations.

German -language book, festival cover, format A5, 480 pages (of which 6 in color).

Illustrated with over 140 photos, illustrations and documents. Only 500 copies are printed and numbered!