Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay Gresham
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
3.89
· 18 ratings · 306 pages · Published: 1946
And since Stan is clever and ambitious and not without a useful streak of ruthlessness, soon enough he’s going places. Onstage he plays the mentalist with a cute assistant (before long his harried wife), then he graduates to full-blown spiritualist, catering to the needs of the rich and gullible in their well-upholstered homes. It looks like the world is Stan’s for the taking. At least for now.
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