Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold

But the most outrageous stunt of all stars none other than President Warren Harding and ends up nearly costing Carter the reputation he worked so hard to create.įilled with historical references that evoke the excesses and enthusiasm of postwar, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is the complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical - and sometimes dangerous - world, where illusion is everything, and everything is illusory. His thrilling act involves outrageous stunts carried out on elaborate sets before the most demanding audiences. Fueled by a passion for magic that grew out of desperation and loneliness, Carter has become a legend in his own time. Carter beats the Devil : a novel by Gold, Glen David, 1964-Publication date 2001 Topics Carter, Charles J. Carter the Great - a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Carter beats the Devil : a novel Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Not just the kind performed in theaters and on stages across the country, but the magic of technology, science, and prosperity. Doctorow and Caleb Carr.Īmerica in the 1920s was a nation obsessed with magic. But the most outrageous stunt of all stars none other than President Warren Harding and ends up nearly costing Carter the reputation he worked so hard to create.įilled with historical references that evoke the excesses and enthusiasm of postwar, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is the complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical - and sometimes dangerous - world, where illusion is everything, and everything is illusory.An amazing, richly evocative novel of magic and history in the tradition of E.

Its characters experience love and revenge and loss and betrayal and outrageous good fortune.

Carter the Great - a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. 'Carter Beats the Devil' features pirates, smugglers, an enchanting blind woman, a trained lion, a traveling magic show and much more. An amazing, richly evocative novel of magic and history in the tradition of E.

Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold