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Carter Beats the Devil de Glen David Gold

Carter Beats the Devil: Waterstones Reading the 21st Century

Autor Glen David Gold
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mai 2002

Recomandăm acest roman cititorului care caută în literatură acea stare de uimire pe care o simți în fața unui număr de magie reușit. Carter Beats the Devil este o invitație într-o Americă a anilor '20 efervescentă, unde granița dintre spectacol și realitate se dizolvă sub privirea noastră. Considerăm că Glen David Gold nu scrie doar o biografie ficționalizată a lui Charles Carter, ci construiește un mecanism narativ complex, în care fiecare capitol funcționează ca un act de iluzionism.

Descoperim aici o poveste care începe brutal, cu un truc în care este implicat însuși președintele Warren G. Harding, urmat de moartea suspectă a acestuia. Ceea ce urmează este o fugă spectaculoasă, plină de „misdirection”, unde agenți FBI neîndemânatici, pirați și inventatori de geniu precum Philo T. Farnsworth populează un peisaj istoric redat cu o precizie uimitoare. La intersecția dintre The Magician and the Cardsharp de Karl Johnson și Magician's Choice de Todd a. Gipstein, această carte combină rigoarea cercetării istorice despre epoca de aur a magiei cu o sensibilitate modernă, aproape cinematografică, a ritmului.

Față de lucrările sale ulterioare, precum Sunnyside, unde Gold explorează faima și începuturile cinematografiei, sau volumul de memorii I Will Be Complete, acest debut rămâne cel mai ludic și mai dens în evenimente. Tonul este unul de celebrare a ingeniozității umane, dar sub masca divertismentului de tip „top-hat-and-tails” se ascunde o reflecție melancolică despre pierdere și natura adevărului. Este un roman panoramic care reușește să fie, simultan, un thriller polițist și o odă adusă epocii în care știința încă părea o formă de vrăjitorie.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780340794999
ISBN-10: 0340794992
Pagini: 608
Ilustrații: none
Dimensiuni: 131 x 197 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Sceptre
Seria Waterstones Reading the 21st Century

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Cititorul va câștiga nu doar o poveste captivantă de suspans, ci și o incursiune documentată în istoria spectacolului american. Este o lectură ideală pentru cei care iubesc atmosfera epocii jazz-ului, intrigile politice și personajele care își construiesc propria realitate. Carter Beats the Devil oferă acea satisfacție rară a unei povești rotunde, executată cu eleganța unui maestru iluzionist care știe exact când să dezvăluie secretul.

Despre autor

Glen David Gold este un scriitor american contemporan, apreciat pentru abilitatea sa de a revitaliza perioade istorice prin lentila ficțiunii literare. A obținut un master în scriere creativă la University of California, Irvine, și a colaborat de-a lungul timpului cu publicații prestigioase precum New York Times Magazine și McSweeney's. Debutul său, Carter Beats the Devil (2001), a fost tradus în 14 limbi și nominalizat la Guardian First Book Award, impunându-l ca o voce importantă în literatura americană. Gold trăiește în California, spațiu care servește deseori drept fundal pentru explorările sale narative despre ambiție și identitate.

Descriere

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.

Seamlessly blending reality and fiction, Gold lays before us a glittering and romantic panorama of our modern world at a point of irrevocable change.

Recenzii

Engaging, comical and, yes, magical, this is a sure-fire contender for the debut novel of the year.
Mesmerising ... the plot turns a dazzling array of somersaults ... Savour its every page
A top-hat-and-tails performance...suspenseful, compendious, moving and persuasive
It's refreshing to see an author so obviously into his characters and debut novelist Glen David Gold radiates enthusiasm in his tale of magician Charles Carter, implicated in the death of 29th US president Warren Harding. What's most unbelievable about this stagey set-up is that it's based on actual events. The droll, good-natured narrative never stumbles over 600 pages and Gold's characters, the endearingly troubled Carter at the top of the bill, sit so naturally in the proceedings they positively seem to enjoy being part of his show. Encore please!
A magnificent achievement. The plot is endlessly inventive and surprising and pulls the reader through some very complicated events in the most compelling way.
An extraordinary story ... a daredevil feat of writing that will remind you how much fun reading can be
Brilliantly inventive and constantly surprising ... you're unlikely to read a better book this year.
A stormer of a novel, this is the perfect read for people who despise airport blockbusters yet find themselves on aeroplanes longing for a good, meaty page turner
With elements of the whodunnit and, crucially for a book about magic tricks, the howdunnit, this is a four-course meal of a novel
This pacy book rips along to a marvellous and truly unexpected denouement
An enormously assured first novel
This is the curtain-raiser for an intricately structured feast of a novel...a wonderful swirling novel
Spellbinding ... An inventively plotted novel that despite its size manages to surprise at every twist.
Carter Beats the Devil is all the things a good novel should be ... A daredevil achievement. Bravo.
An audaciously plotted and wonderfully camp adventure.
Carter Beats the Devil is a cracking murder mystery unfurling the genteel milleu
This was many critics' choice for book of the year in 2001, and a first novel that's hard to fault. The plotting is so immaculate, and the themes of illusion and deception so well executed, it's utterly mesmerising.
A rollicking good read.
Engaging, comical and, yes, magical, this is a sure-fire contender for the debut novel of the year. -- Christian House, Independent on Sunday Mesmerising ... the plot turns a dazzling array of somersaults ... Savour its every page -- Graham Caveney, Independent A top-hat-and-tails performance...suspenseful, compendious, moving and persuasive -- Michael Chabon It's refreshing to see an author so obviously into his characters and debut novelist Glen David Gold radiates enthusiasm in his tale of magician Charles Carter, implicated in the death of 29th US president Warren Harding. What's most unbelievable about this stagey set-up is that it's based on actual events. The droll, good-natured narrative never stumbles over 600 pages and Gold's characters, the endearingly troubled Carter at the top of the bill, sit so naturally in the proceedings they positively seem to enjoy being part of his show. Encore please! -- The Face A magnificent achievement. The plot is endlessly inventive and surprising and pulls the reader through some very complicated events in the most compelling way. -- Charles Palliser An extraordinary story ... a daredevil feat of writing that will remind you how much fun reading can be -- Helen Brown, Daily Telegraph Brilliantly inventive and constantly surprising ... you're unlikely to read a better book this year. -- Eve A stormer of a novel, this- the perfect read for people who despise airport blockbusters yet find themselves on aeroplanes longing for a good, meaty page turner -- The Guardian With elements of the whodunnit and, crucially fo a book about magic tricks, the howdunnit, this is a four-course meal of a novel -- The Guardian This pacy book rips along to a marvellous and truly unexpected denouement -- The Times An enormously assured first novel -- New York Times This is the curtain-raiser for an intricately structured feast of a novel...a wonderful swirling novel -- The Daily Telegraph Spellbinding ... An inventively plotted novel that despite its size manages to surprise at every twist. -- Arena Summer Reading Carter Beats the Devil is all the things a good novel should be ... A daredevil achievement. Bravo. -- Barbara Mella, What's on in London An audaciously plotted and wonderfully camp adventure. -- Telegraph Summer Reading Paperback Fiction Choice Carter Beats the Devil is a cracking murder mystery unfurling the genteel milleu -- The Times This was many critics' choice for book of the year in 2001, and a first novel that's hard to fault. The plotting is so immaculate, and the themes of illusion and deception so well executed, it's utterly mesmerising. -- Shauna Bartlett, Glamour magazine A rollicking good read. -- Mateen Kaul, Literary Review

Descriere scurtă

A panoramic novel of magic, science, love and death, set in 1920s America, which was widely acclaimed as one of the best first novels of 2001. "Engaging, comical, and yes, magical, this is a surefire contender for the debut novel of the year" "Independent On Sunday". "Extraordinary" "Daily Telegraph".

Notă biografică

Glen David Gold was born in Hollywood and raised in San Francisco where he began his life-long love of the strange and dazzling aspects of history. Carter Beats the Devil is his first novel.