Carter Beats The Devil Author Interview

"Who ate the president?" is an interview with Glen David Gold, the author of Carter Beats the Devil.

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This is the first novel by Gold, 40, a graduate of the creative writing workshop at the University of California, Irvine. Gold describes this book as a historical novel with a fictional plot based on real people and events: magician and master of illusion Charles Carter; the mysterious death of U.S. president William Harding, whose administration did not excel in good governance and who was supposedly about to suffer a major political scandal; and the inventor of television, the young Philo Farnsworth.

Others who appear in minor roles include magician Harry Houdini and the Marx brothers.
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If you liked Cryptonomicon, you'll love Carter Beats the Devil.