The Bongo Book by Ali Bongo

Description

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 ALINUMBER ONE: DOVES A LA CARTENUMBER TWO: SNOWSTORM IN PONGOLIANUMBER THREE: OUT OF THE PICTURENUMBER FOUR: WITCH SWITCHNUMBER FIVE: THE TEARABLE OGRENUMBER SIX: PENETRATION MINUSNUMBER SEVEN: THE LADY’S NOT FOR BURNINGNUMBER EIGHT: BONGO’S BLOOMING BUSHNUMBER NINE: THE PRINTER’S NIGHTMARENUMBER TEN: FRUIT SALADNUMBER ELEVEN: THE BALANCING YOGINUMBER TWELVE: ONE ROPE ONLYNUMBER THIRTEEN: THE BAFFLING BANGLENUMBER FOURTEEN: JAIL BREAKNUMBER FIFTEEN: SYMBOLS IN THE SANDNUMBER SIXTEEN: BOUQUETS AND BANGERSNUMBER SEVENTEEN: THE HOUDINI PINNUMBER EIGHTEEN: NOW IS THE HOURNUMBER NINETEEN: BLOOMING ASSISTANTNUMBER TWENTY: SECOND THOUGHTSNUMBER 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