I just finished reading Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold. It was fantastic! It's about Charles Carter, a popular magician in the 1920s, being suspected of murdering President Harding. (Yes, it changes history a bit. A surprisingly small amount, though.) Carter's childhood challenges, his besting of the cruel Mysterioso, his rise to fame: all of it is entertaining. It's an almost 700-page book that went by in a flash.
One of the things I appreciated most was that Carter, although flawed in many ways, is a good guy. He generally tries to do right by people. He's kind to animals. In fact, kindness to animals is a major, reoccurring theme. I can't handle even fictional animals meeting sad ends, so I appreciated this.
Side note: Glen David Gold's wife is novelist Alice Sebold. I can't imagine being married to someone in the same exact field as me! I think it would be really tough to deal with competitiveness and jealousy.
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