Nicholas Johnson’s new book, Fast and Loose, will be launched at the Melbourne Magic Festival.

The novel follows the great anti-hero Joel Fitch. Joel used to be a con artist, but then his final scam paid off and his life went belly up. Now Joel has a mattress full of cash and no idea what comes next. Enter Danny Hemming, journalist for television’s trashiest current-affairs program and one of Joel’s former scam victims, looking for someone to give him the inside scoop on the latest scams.

Free, no booking required.