William Lindsay Gresham
Author
Language
English
Description
"Nightmare Alley "begins with an extraordinary description of a freak-show geek--alcoholic and abject and the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision--going about his work at a county fair. Young Stan Carlisle is working as a carny, and he wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him. And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak...
Author
Series
Macfadden Book ; 60-310
Language
English
Formats
Description
First published in 1959, this is a fascinating look at the life and career of magician and escape-artist Harry Houdini (1874-1926). Author William Gresham interviewed many people who knew Houdini personally, adding greatly to the book's accuracy and authoritativeness, and he also reviewed all of the available books, and newspaper and magazine articles on the magician. Gresham explains many of Houdini's illusions, and debunks some of the many myths...
Author
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
Description
El callejón de las almas perdidas nos adentra en el mundo del espectáculo, y las sombras que se amparan en él. Stanton Carlisle es un joven listo y ambicioso que trabaja en una feria ambulante. Junto con otros personajes, como una adivina, un forzudo o un fenómeno humano llamado «el monstruo», la feria viaja de pueblo en pueblo. Pero Stan quiere medrar en el negocio. Y poco a poco, aprenderá a engatusar, engañar y seducir para conseguirlo....
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel." --
