Description
| Product ID: | 9780340794999 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Carter Beats the Devil |
| Authors: | Author: Glen David Gold |
| Page Count: | 608 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A dazzling debut, a gripping, panoramic novel of magic and science, love and death set in 1920s America Charles Carter, dubbed Carter the Great by Houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness. But in 1920s America the stakes are growing higher, as technology and the cinema challenge the allure of magic and Carter''s stunts become increasingly audacious. Until the night President Harding takes part in Carter''s act only to die two hours later, and Carter finds himself pursued not only by the Secret Service but by a host of others desperate for the terrible secret they believe Harding confided in him. |
| Imprint Name: | Sceptre |
| Publisher Name: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2002-05-16 |
