This book is as entertaining as they come.
Opening with a child's love of magic, we see the child become a man. There is tragedy and romance and it's all done with a drive that forces the reader to continue.
Set in a time just before television came along to remove some of the wonder of the illusionist, this is a must for lovers of literary romance. Nostalgic and beautiful.
A fictional account of the life of popular one time magician, Charles Carter. A good tale, although it was just not wholly my cup of tea in terms of the tone and paths it took. It is well written- full of fantastic similes. Cannot really put my finger on why I did not love this, i think sometimes my interest waned and this would be due to the characters.
I loved Carter;s brother, what a fun, kind and thorough person. Charles Carter too is a likeable character whom you want to succeed.
