Carter Beats the Devil - Advance reading Copy *SIGNED* by both Gold and Alice Sebold

Glen Gold; Glen David Gold

ISBN 10: 0786867345 / ISBN 13: 9780786867349

Published by Hyperion, 2001

About this Item

Advance Reading Copy. Flat SIGNED by both Gold on the title page and wife Alice Sebold (author of The Lovely Bones) on dedication page. Unmarked, extremely bright, exceedingly tight, crisp, unread copy in beautiful condition. This copy is special! Minuscule tear on front free page (1/16"), otherwise gorgeous. No dust jacket as issued but in French flaps. Carefully bubble wrapped and ships in sturdy box.

Seller Inventory # 1766

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Carter Beats the Devil - Advance reading Copy *SIGNED* by both Gold and Alice Sebold
• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786867345
• ISBN 13: 9780786867349
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • America/British Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

An amazing, richly evocative novel of magic and history in the tradition of E. L. Doctorow and Caleb Carr.

America in the 1920s was a nation obsessed with magic. Not just the kind performed in theaters and on stages across the country, but the magic of technology, science, and prosperity. Enter Charles Carter -- a.k.a. Carter the Great -- a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Fueled by a passion for magic that grew out of desperation and loneliness, Carter has become a legend in his own time. His thrilling act involves outrageous stunts carried out on elaborate sets before the most demanding audiences. But the most outrageous stunt of all stars none other than President Warren Harding and ends up nearly costing Carter the reputation he worked so hard to create. Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and enthusiasm of postwar, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is the complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical -- and sometimes dangerous -- world, where illusion is everything, and everything is illusory.

About the Author

Glen David Gold received his MFA for creative writing at the University of California at Irvine and has written for newspapers, film, and television. He currently lives in Southern California.