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Carter Beats the Devil
Glen David Gold · 初版 2001 年
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“20世纪20年代的美国是一个痴迷于魔术的国度。不仅是全美各地剧场和舞台上表演的那种魔术，还有技术、科学与繁荣所带来的魔力。登场的是 Charles Carter——又名 Carter the Great——一位年轻的表演大师，其作为幻术师的技艺甚至超越了伟大的 Houdini。在源于绝望与孤独的魔术热情驱动下，Carter 已成为他那个时代的传奇。”。“Carter the Great 激动人心的表演包含在精心设计的布景前、向最挑剔的观众展示的惊人特技。夜复一夜，在各个城镇
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我最喜欢推荐的书是 Glen David Gold 写的《Carter Beats the Devil》。也许我能给它的最高赞誉，就是我向好多人推荐过它，各类各样的朋友和亲戚读完后都反馈说非常享受。我觉得很难……
My favourite book to recommend is 'Carter Beats the Devil' by Glen David Gold. Perhaps the best praise I can give it is that I've recommended it quite a lot, with many varied friends and relatives reporting they found it most enjoyable. I find it difficult…
Glen David Gold 写的《Carter beats the devil》。算是一部悬疑惊悚虚构小说，背景设定在一个半真实的历史语境中：舞台魔术师盛行，而现代科技正开始步入历史舞台。我觉得非常好看，很少……
Carter beats the devil, by Glen David Gold. It is sort of a mystery-thriller fiction novel, set in a real-ish historical context of stage magicians, when technology is entering the scene. I found it very enjoyable, rarely…
……危险在于——《Argo》是一个例子，但还有糟糕得多的（咳咳 Dan Brown 咳咳）——你把虚构作品搞成“基于真实事件改编”。确实有一些基于真实人物的绝妙虚构传记（比如马上想到的《Carter Beats the Devil》），但当像《达芬奇密码》这种东西被当成有某种事实依据时，我就能理解你的想法了。但我非常怀疑那些相信……
…The danger is - and Argo is one example but there are far, far worse (cough Dan Brown cough) - where you get fiction "based on true events". There are some lovely fictional biopics based on real people (Carter Beats the Devil springs to mind) but when you get the likes of the Da Vinci Code being taken as having some underlying truth I can see where you're coming from. But I doubt very much that those people believing the…