Heather's review
Carter Beats the Devil
by Glen David Gold
Heather's review
Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold
Heather's review
rating:
This is an extremely enjoyable novel detailing the fictionalized life of magician Charles Carter. Carter is suspected, by numerous parties, of being involved in the death of President Harding, who attended, and participated in, Carter's show shortly before his demise. The book, however, does not focus entirely on the mystery surrounding Harding's death, but rather charts Carter's sometimes ordinary, often amazing, tragic, happy life.
Although it has its slow moments in the middle, this matches Carter's mood throughout this period in his life, and the final third of the novel more than makes up for it. In the end, it is a powerful story of the transformative and resilient nature of the human spirit.
Although it has its slow moments in the middle, this matches Carter's mood throughout this period in his life, and the final third of the novel more than makes up for it. In the end, it is a powerful story of the transformative and resilient nature of the human spirit.
