An unconventional pounds loss story from an unconventional personality-Penn Jillette tells how he lost 100 pounds along with his trademark outrageous love of life and biting cultural commentary that makes this success tale anything but regular.

Legendary magician Penn Jillette was nearing his sixtieth birthday. Topping 330 pounds and saddled having a systolic blood circulation pressure reading over 200, he knew he was at a dangerous crossroads: if he wanted to find his small kids grow up, he had a need to about Presto!: THE WAY I Produced Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Various other Magical Tales transformation. And then arrived Crazy Ray. A former NASA scientist and an unconventional, passionate innovator, Ray Cronise preserved Penn Jillette’s life with his crazy “potato diet plan.”

In Presto, Jillette takes us along on his trip from skepticism towards the inspiring, life-changing momentum that changed the magician’s body and mind. He describes the procedure in hilarious details, as he performs his Las Vegas show, takes meetings with Hollywood professionals, hangs out with his superstar friends and fellow eccentric performers, all while staying a dedicated spouse and dad. Throughout, he weaves in his views on sex, religion, and pop tradition, making his tale a refreshing, genre-busting accounts. Outspoken, frank, and bitingly smart, Presto can be an incisive, rollicking read.