Carter Beats the Devil (Paperback)

from rickklaw

If the drop dead gorgeous design doesn't grab you (then you ain't got no soul), the ingenious literary misdirections, red herrings, and almost unbearable excitement of this fictionalized account of real life magician Carter the Great should do the trick. I was riveted throughout. My heart starts ...

from Greatrakes

I don't recommend reading this book over two months a little bit at a time, you may well end up as confused by the plot as I was. Why was everyone trying to kill him? What was Borax's relationship to Phoebe? Who was the third 'nut brown' person on the desert island, at the end? Oh well, I thought...

from SimonW11

Yes it was obviously a first novel. Gold seemed determined to cram every bit of research, every idea he had into this. Its length came not from padding but from an inability to leave anything out. a more experanced writer might have held some ideas thoughts and research back for another novel but...

from woodge

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 magic...

from nefernika

This book was so much fun to read I read it three times. Just thinking about it while writing this review makes me wish I were reading it, because if I were, I would be having such a super awesome time. I would probably be giggling. out loud. right here in the office. Carter is a trip, and the wa...