The Hofzinser Club
Michael Chabon’s short story about a young boy who yearns to be an escape artist like Houdini and join the Hofzinser Club, an association for magicians.
"'He said that when Houdini died he was found to have worn away two pockets in his cheeks.'" Chabon's early story of a Prague boy's obsession with escape artistry — seeds of Kavalier & Clay.