Unexpected Agenda by Roberto Giobbi - Book

A year of secrets. A lifetime of upgrades.

Unexpected Agenda is the final volume in Roberto Giobbi’s celebrated Agenda trilogy—following Secret Agenda and Hidden Agenda—and it’s unlike anything else in magic literature.

This isn’t a book you binge. It’s a book you live with.

Inside are 365 entries—one for every day of the year. Each day opens a new door into Giobbi’s working mind: a trick, a sleight, a subtle refinement, a performance note, a business strategy, a theory concept, a piece of humor, or a deceptively practical idea that instantly improves the way you think and perform.

Giobbi draws from decades of full-time professional experience and a lifetime of meticulous note-keeping—plus insights inspired by and informed through the work of legendary thinkers and performers like Fred Kaps, Arturo de Ascanio, Juan Tamariz, Lennart Green, Vanni Bossi, and many more. The result feels like a private lesson—delivered day by day—designed to sharpen your technique, strengthen your structure, and deepen your understanding of what makes magic play.

The scope goes far beyond cards. You’ll find close-up and coins, platform and stage considerations, theory and philosophy, professional habits, presentation engines, and clever problem-solvers you’ll use forever—like how to break in a new deck properly, how pros handle stage fright, how to build original presentations, how to take better notes, how to read magic books efficiently, and dozens of practical approaches to wallet work, forces, switches, and thought-of-card procedures that feel natural and fair.

And the physical book matches the ambition: a sumptuous, foil-stamped cloth hardcover with a ribbon marker, made to be handled daily and kept for life.

A daily spark.
A steady climb.
A book that gradually makes you better.

UNEXPECTED AGENDA — by Roberto Giobbi
One entry a day.
One year inside a master’s notebook.
A lifetime of advantage.

384 pages • Decorated hardcover binding