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Carter Beats the Devil

Glen David Gold

Paperback | Pages: 483 pages

Rating: 4.09 | 12451 Users | 1008 Reviews

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Original Title:	Carter Beats the Devil
ISBN:	0786886323 (ISBN13: 9780786886326)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Charles Carter, President Warren G. Harding
Literary Awards:	Guardian First Book Award Nominee (2001)

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Charles Carter—a.k.a. Carter the Great—is a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. But nothing in his career has prepared Carter for the greatest stunt of all, which stars none other than President Warren G. Harding and which could end up costing Carter the reputation he has worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical—and sometimes dangerous—world, where illusion is everything.

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Title	:	Carter Beats the Devil
Author	:	Glen David Gold
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 483 pages
Published	:	September 18th 2002 by Hyperion (first published September 5th 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy. Magic. Literature

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Only 480 pages? I could have sworn it was a least 700 pages. So many characters and subplots! When I was about half way through Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold, I remember scanning through to the end to see if I could make It. I wasnt bored as much as overwhelmed. I felt like this book would have made a wonderful series of books. There are so many good stories revolving around Carter the Great. Charles Carter was a real magician in the early 1900s but this story has little to do with

Magic, thriller, period - three specific strands and together they make for a great book. Set in the fictional world of 1920s magic, this references real people, such as Houdini, but the set-up is pure imagination.Funny, entertaining, nail-biting and genuinely heart-warming, this is one of those books that not that many people have read, but should be recommended to everyone! I love it!As a footnote, the author is Alice "Lovely Bones" Sebold's husband

Other reviews here go into the details of this wonderful novel, so if that's what you want, go read them. I'll just tell you what I knew before I went into it, which was pretty much nothing.My friend Yuri gave me this book about 5 years ago. I was intimidated by its length, so I put it on the shelf and never opened it. Then, last year, my friend Ben gave it to me with a few other books for my 40th birthday, part of a collection he said were some of the best books he'd ever read.Anne and I took a

Historical figures entwined in a fictional plot that builds to a suspenseful conclusion. Stage magic - one of my favorite subjects = plays a big role and there are liberal doses of humor. All in all a good and satisfying read.

Golds book is loosely based on the life of Charles Carter, a real magician. After reading his Wikipedia page, I appreciate that Gold was more than willing to stretch the historical facts for the amusement of the reader.The book starts off with the death (murder?) of one of the greatest presidents ever, Warren G. Harding, who could give any president a run for their money in the floozie and corruption departments. Carter is somehow implicated.Boyhood trauma propels Carter into magic and onto the

This book took me longer than it should have. Partly I guess it was my fault, but partly also the book's. This is not a fast paced read, as I always hope big books to be.Nevertheless, this is a fun book, with intriguing characters, an unpredictable story, many twists and turns that have you at the edge of your seat. There is a mix of action, character's past unraveling and magical shows.I really liked the way this book was written, despite it being slow. I liked how so many of the character's

This is a thrilling, romantic, fascinating book and will probably be my favorite book read this year. Carter Beats the Devil is a historically fact-based novel about magician Charles Carter who performed in the golden age of magic (1890s thru the 1920s). This story pits Carter against rival magicians and Secret Service agents who suspect Carter had a hand in the death of President Harding. I was drawn in from the get-go. This book is full of suspense, humor, and panache. It came highly