![]() ![]() The final adult in the group picked it up, took a little longer over it, and then the holiday was over. ![]() In the meantime, I had finished one book and started another, so now my wife picked up Carter. She devoured it in three days - and this is a long novel. I winced slightly, but good manners got in the way of peevish selfishness, and I handed the novel over. Finally, in a magic show to end all magic shows, Carter must truly beat the devil if he is to save Farnsworth and his magical invention. Along the way Carter meets a young blind woman with a mysterious past and encounters a deadly rival. So, one of our friends asked to borrow Carter Beats the Devil. Carter must draw on all his magic to escape kidnapping and death as he seeks out the inventor. We were travelling with another family, and I happened to be in the middle of another book when we arrived. Portugal, 2001 - I'd taken a copy of Glen David Gold's Carter Beats the Devil, because it seemed to meet most of my holiday reading criteria: a good weight-to-readability ratio (essential when flying charter and subject to strict excess baggage limits), several word-of-mouth recommendations and a reputation as "mainstream literary", highbrow enough to talk about in restaurants and lowbrow enough to make sense when you've got sand and suntan lotion in your eyes. My best holiday reading experience was delayed by a year. ![]()
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