Spoonbenders

*** The BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice ****** Bought for TV by Paramount ***''Funny and charming . . . tailor-made for summer . . . magical'' New York Times Book Review''Hilarious, freewheeling'' Gu ...

*** The BBC Radio 2 Book Club choice ****** Bought for TV by Paramount ***''Funny and charming . . . tailor-made for summer . . . magical'' New York Times Book Review''Hilarious, freewheeling'' Guardian''Gloriously imaginative'' Cynthia D''Aprix SweeneyThey were the Amazing Telemachus Family, who in the mid-1970s achieved widespread fame for their magic and mind reading act. That is, until the magic decided to disappear one night, live on national television.We encounter this long-forgotten family two decades on, when grandson Matty, born long after the public fall from grace, discovers powers