Carter Beats the Devil, Glen David Gold. Type: Abis_Book. Book Title: Carter Beats The Devil. Publication Name: Hachette Books. Number Of Pages: Pages. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable)/5(13K). Carter Beats the Devil. A hypnotizing work of historical fiction that stars s magician Charles the Great, a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Nothing in his career has prepared Charles 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 . From the best-selling author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside, a big-hearted memoir told in three parts: about growing up in the wake of the destructive choices of an extremely unconventional mother. Glen David Gold was raised rich, briefly, in southern California at the end of the go-go s. But his father's fortune disappears, his parents divorce, and Glen falls out of his well-curated life and into .
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen Gold. Paperback (Reprint) $ Paperback. $ NOOK Book. $ View All Available Formats Editions. Ship This Item — Glen David Gold received his MFA for creative writing at the University of California at Irvine and has written for newspapers, film, and television. A magical story Sep 4, by Fred "Carter Beats the Devil", is, quite simply, fantastic. Combining elements of science fiction, mystery, horror, classic literature, historical figures and plain old good story telling this book had me enthralled till the end. Mr. Gold has crafted a wonderful tale that takes the reader around the world without making him dizzy. Carter Beats the Devil is a truly impressive first novel. It is dense and tightly plotted. Gold has a keen eye for the historical details that fascinate the reader and keep the pages turning.
Carter Beats The Devil is a historical mystery thriller novel by Glen David Gold centred on the American stage magician Charles Joseph Carter (–). Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold. Thursday 15 November www.doorway.ru Overture. "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which. edit data. Glen David Gold is the author of Carter Beats the Devil (Hyperion, ), a historical novel about Charles Carter, a real-life San Francisco stage magician who performs for President Warren Harding on the evening of Harding's mysterious death. It has been translated into 14 languages. His next novel, Sunnyside (Knopf, ), is a dark romp concerning Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame during World War I and its parallels with America's embrace of its part on the world stage.
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