The Big Sick
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So, I may or may not have mentioned this before, but I'm writing a book about Harry Houdini, and that means that I spend a few hours every day thinking about wonder. That is really what the book is about, more even than Houdini himself, it's about wonder: How can a man who died 90 years ago inspire wonder in an entirely different world? When Houdini die…