Meghan's review of Carter Beats the Devil
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
This book took me a looooong time to read for how much I loooooved it. First off, I love magic and the early 1900s, I was so excited when the Prestige and the Illusionist came out, so this setting and subject matter of this book is definitely just plain up my alley. But wow. The amount of research the author must have done is astounding. He takes this alluring (and fictional) story of a young magician from his childhood through his life in the midst of cold, hard, historical fact. I dont know why that struck me as being so clever...it happens all the time right? But he brings up these cultural moments in our history and weaves them into the story so that they are not just part of the setting but an integral part of the progress of the story. He uses the birth of the BMW, the invention of television the beginning of the FBI and an actual death of a president...all true historical fact, but used in such a brilliant way to create this complicated and fascinating story. Ok, so I have ...more
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