![]() 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than President Warren Harding and ends up nearly costing Carter the reputation he worked so hard to create.įilled with historical references that evoke the excesses and enthusiasm of postwar, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is the complex and illuminating story of one man's journey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. In Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold subjects the past to the same wondrous transformations as the rabbit in a skilled illusionists hat. Carter the Great - a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. 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. ![]() His short fiction, essays and journalism have appeared in Playboy, McSweeneys, Tin House, Wired, the New York Times Sunday Magazine and Zyzzyva. An amazing, richly evocative novel of magic and history in the tradition of E. Glen David Gold is the author of the best-selling novels SUNNYSIDE and CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL, which has been translated into 14 languages. ![]()
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