Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold

Yikes? Is it in the water?Ĭharles Carter is a young magician who grew up in on of the most horrific fictional households I have encountered in recent years. (Imagine the conversations around the dinner table as Gold is married to writer Alice Seybold whose LOVELY BONES came out to great acclaim last year.) What are feeding these guys lately? In the last few years, some amazingly imaginative, sweeping creative first novels have shown up - THE EYRE AFFAIR by Jasper Fforde, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon and now this first novel by Gold. It is very difficult for me to believe that this is Gold's first novel. You get pirates, magic acts (and you never do learn all the secrets), presidential deaths and their secrets (and conspiracies!), romance, history and thrills. And at over 400 pages, it is never boring. This historical tale, set primarily in the San Francisco area in the 1920s (and before, and after) is a spellbinding book. I'm not a fan of books that can be described as 'romps' but oh, boy. Apparently, rumors of poison and other forms of foul play have followed this event since 1923. And the mystery that is part of CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL is a doozy - who killed President Warren G. I've read it three times and expect to read in again, because it is so rich and interesting and compelling. No, no, wait! Come back! It's a really great book. OL6209605W Page_number_confidence 95.44 Pages 506 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.7 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210218173619 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 603 Scandate 20210216221540 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780786867349 Tts_version 4.That there is a mystery in this book is almost beside the point. Urn:lcp:carterbeatsdevil0000gold_t7o4:epub:bd007074-b2e6-4b64-8274-372b7966a5cf Foldoutcount 0 Identifier carterbeatsdevil0000gold_t7o4 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5fc57w3w Invoice 1652 Isbn 0786867345 Lccn 2001016910 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9654 Ocr_module_version 0.0.11 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA14490 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:01:29 Boxid IA40062612 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold