Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales

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book memoir non-fiction work

Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales is Penn Jillette’s humorous memoir chronicling his dramatic weight loss journey through an extreme diet and the personal transformations that came with it.

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Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales canonical	2
How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales	1

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Target entity: Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
Context triple: [Penn Jillette, notableWork, Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales]

A. Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat is Chrissy Teigen’s bestselling debut cookbook, featuring indulgent, comfort-driven recipes with a playful, personal tone.
B. The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 film noir crime drama starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt, known for its tale of a veteran homicide detective who becomes entangled in a murder cover-up.
C. Magic Happens
Magic Happens is a vibrant daytime parade at Disneyland Park featuring Disney and Pixar characters, elaborate floats, and energetic music celebrating magical moments from various stories.
D. Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy-drama film about a New York gangster who helps transform a street peddler into a high-society lady to impress her visiting daughter.
E. The Mighty Barnum
The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 biographical film about showman P.T. Barnum, co-written by screenwriter Albert Hackett.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
Target entity description: Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales is Penn Jillette’s humorous memoir chronicling his dramatic weight loss journey through an extreme diet and the personal transformations that came with it.

A. Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat
Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat is Chrissy Teigen’s bestselling debut cookbook, featuring indulgent, comfort-driven recipes with a playful, personal tone.
B. The Man Who Cheated Himself
The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 film noir crime drama starring Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt, known for its tale of a veteran homicide detective who becomes entangled in a murder cover-up.
C. Magic Happens
Magic Happens is a vibrant daytime parade at Disneyland Park featuring Disney and Pixar characters, elaborate floats, and energetic music celebrating magical moments from various stories.
D. Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles is a 1961 American comedy-drama film about a New York gangster who helps transform a street peddler into a high-society lady to impress her visiting daughter.
E. The Mighty Barnum
The Mighty Barnum is a 1934 biographical film about showman P.T. Barnum, co-written by screenwriter Albert Hackett.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	book ⓘ memoir ⓘ non-fiction work ⓘ
about	celebrity life ⓘ extreme diet ⓘ health ⓘ lifestyle change ⓘ magic and performance ⓘ obesity ⓘ self-discipline ⓘ
author	Penn Jillette ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describesEvent	Penn Jillette’s weight loss of over 100 pounds ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Penn Jillette ⓘ
featuresTheme	control over one’s body ⓘ friendship and support during change ⓘ mortality and health scares ⓘ reinvention ⓘ
focusesOn	Penn Jillette’s personal health journey ⓘ radical dietary changes ⓘ
genre	humor ⓘ memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ
hasSubject	addiction to food ⓘ atheism and worldview of Penn Jillette ⓘ nutrition ⓘ self-experimentation ⓘ skepticism ⓘ
hasSubtitle	Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales
intendedAudience	adult readers ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryStyle	confessional ⓘ humorous ⓘ
mainSubject	dieting ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ weight loss ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
title	Presto!: How I Made Over 100 Pounds Disappear and Other Magical Tales self-link ⓘ
tone	comic ⓘ irreverent ⓘ
workOfAuthor	Penn Jillette ⓘ

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