description: The response to Glen David Gold's debut novel, Carter Beats the Devil , was extraordinary. He hypnotized us with his portrait of a 1920s magic-obsessed America and of Charles Carter--a.k.a. Carter the Great--a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeded even that of the great Houdini. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and exuberance of Roaring Twenties pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is a complex and illuminating story of one man's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.
language: English
title: Carter Beats The Devil
titlecomplete: Carter Beats The Devil
characters: Charles Carter, President Warren G. Harding
genres: Fiction, Historical, Magic, Adventure, Mystery, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 13557
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Guardian First Book Award
publisher: Hyp Ipiblish