The Circus of Dr. Lao Paperback / softback
by Charles G. Finney
Part of the Bison Frontiers of Imagination series
Paperback / softback
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Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and influenced such writers as Ray Bradbury. Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression-that is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents.
Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from the mythical made real-a chimera, a Medusa, a talking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an ancient god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao himself. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, dark strands that ensnare the town's populace: the sea serpent's tale shatters love's illusions; the fortune-teller's shocking pronouncements toll the tedium and secret dread of every person's life; sensual undercurrents pour forth for men and women alike; and the dead walk again.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 9 illustrations
- Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780803234949
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:176 pages, 9 illustrations
- Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
- Publication Date:01/06/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780803234949
