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A collection of 21 columns Ali Bongo wrote for Abracadabra magazine. The column was called "Backsheesh" and teaches mostly comedic parlor and stage effects.
- ALL ABOUT ALI
- NUMBER ONE: DOVES A LA CARTE
- NUMBER TWO: SNOWSTORM IN PONGOLIA
- NUMBER THREE: OUT OF THE PICTURE
- NUMBER FOUR: WITCH SWITCH
- NUMBER FIVE: THE TEARABLE OGRE
- NUMBER SIX: PENETRATION MINUS
- NUMBER SEVEN: THE LADY'S NOT FOR BURNING
- NUMBER EIGHT: BONGO'S BLOOMING BUSH
- NUMBER NINE: THE PRINTER'S NIGHTMARE
- NUMBER TEN: FRUIT SALAD
- NUMBER ELEVEN: THE BALANCING YOGI
- NUMBER TWELVE: ONE ROPE ONLY
- NUMBER THIRTEEN: THE BAFFLING BANGLE
- NUMBER FOURTEEN: JAIL BREAK
- NUMBER FIFTEEN: SYMBOLS IN THE SAND
- NUMBER SIXTEEN: BOUQUETS AND BANGERS
- NUMBER SEVENTEEN: THE HOUDINI PIN
- NUMBER EIGHTEEN: NOW IS THE HOUR
- NUMBER NINETEEN: BLOOMING ASSISTANT
- NUMBER TWENTY: SECOND THOUGHTS
- NUMBER TWENTY-ONE: PONGOLIAN PRODUCTION BOX
1st edition 1966, 64 pages; 1st digital edition 2012, 70 pages.
word count: 21371 which is equivalent to 85 standard pages of text
