'A British take on 'Carter Beats the Devil' with acne and hangovers.' Peter Preston, Guardian Marty has been practising magic since he was nine. All his hard work and obsessiveness appear to have paid off when, ten years later, he wins both the title of Young Magician of the Year and the heart of Terri Liddell. A glittering professional future seems to beckon for them both, but Marty's childhood dreams of following his heroes to Las Vegas soon begin to fade as the duo find themselves eking out a living on Britain's decaying cabaret circuit. Still, it's amazing what can happen when you're down on your luck at the top of Blackpool Tower on a wet February afternoon! '52 Ways to Magic America' is the second novel of James Flint, winner of the Amazon.co.uk Award 2000. An unsettling account of the collapse of childhood ideals and the confusion of love in an England dominated by dreams imported from the other side of the Atlantic, it fulfils the tremendous promise shown in his first novel, 'Habitus', and confirms Flint as one of the most original voices in British fiction.
- ISBN10 1841155241
- ISBN13 9781841155241
- Publish Date 2 June 2003 (first published 31 December 1999)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 November 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 416
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.co.uk