Carter Beats the Devil

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Carter Beats the Devil

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  • Spine : • The spine is undamaged, however there are noticeable creases.
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Highlights

  • ENGLISH

    Language
  • 608

    Pages
  • 9780340794999

    ISBN
  • 129 mm

    Width
  • 198 mm

    Height
  • 406 gram

    Weight
  • PAPERBACK

    Binding
  • 16 MAY 2002

    Publish Date
  • 37 mm

    Spine Width

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    Description

    Charles Carter is Carter the Great, a name given to him by Harry Houdini. Carter became a magician out of need. Only at the performance, when an audience is brought together by a single experience, can Carter defeat his fear of loneliness. Paperback , 591 pages Published May 1st 2002 by Sceptre (first published 2001)

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    Glen David Gold

    Glen David Gold is best known as the author of Carter Beats the Devil (Hyperion, 2001), a fictionalized biography of Charles Joseph Carter (1874-1936), an American illusionist performing from c.1900-1936. He writes in a narrative style, and the book was hailed as a very respectable venture into historical fiction. Gold is married to Alice Sebold, the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. The couple lives in San Francisco, California. His next novel, Sunnyside, is due for publication in May 12th, 2009. His short stories, including The Tears of Squonk, have appeared in a number of issues of McSweeneys.

    Gold wrote a single episode of the cartoon show Hey Arnold, in which title character Arnold stages an amateur magic show and disappears his friend Helga, who escapes during the trick, causing Arnold and the others to think she really has disappeared. The episode aired in 1997.

    Gold has also ventured into comic books, writing a short story featuring Will Eisners classic creation The Spirit, the story, entitled One Hundred! features artwork by Eduardo Risso and appeared in DCs The Spirit #13.

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