Charles G. Finney, Michael Martone, John Marco's The Circus of Dr. Lao PDF

By Charles G. Finney, Michael Martone, John Marco

Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern city whose leader issues are boredom and surviving the nice Depression—that is, until eventually the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably adjustments the lives of each person attracted to its tents.

Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the voters of Abalone as a substitute confront and study profound classes from the legendary made real—a chimera, a Medusa, a speaking sphinx, a sea serpent, witches, the Hound of the Hedges, a werewolf, a mermaid, an historic god, and the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao himself. The circus unfolds, spinning magical, darkish strands that ensnare the town’s population: the ocean serpent’s story shatters love’s illusions; the fortune-teller’s stunning pronouncements toll the tedium and mystery dread of each person’s lifestyles; sensual undercurrents pour forth for women and men alike; and the useless stroll again.
 
Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, The Circus of Dr. Lao has been acclaimed as a masterpiece of speculative fiction and prompted such writers as Ray Bradbury.

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I know those beasts didn't pull those wagons all the way from California or from wherever they came. No, the kids wouldn't like it, I don't believe. There's a big snake in one wagon and a wild man or something in the other and a funny-looking dog in the last. I don't think the kids would like it, really. " One of his fellow-workers, listening in on the conversation, said: "Where was that wild man, Ed? " "Ho, ho, ho! That wasn't no wild man; that was a big bear. Funny thing: a couple of guys out in front made the same mistake you did.

What have you been drinking, Frank, dear? " Frank looked at her in mock alarm. "I told you last week you ought to get fitted for glasses, honey. I'm going to take you down myself right after lunch and have the doctor fix you up with a triple-strong pair of lenses. " His wife got sore. "You make me so damn mad when you sneer that way. I mean when you laugh that sneering way. You do it on purpose. " The lawyer looked at his wife strangely. "All right, honey," he said quietly; "it's a man. " The telephone rang as they were sitting down.

I guess it's all right, but it seems kind of screwy to me anyway. " "Aw, I ain't paid no 'tention to circuses since I was a kid," said the desk sergeant. A traffic officer of the railroad read the ad at seven-thirty while he was eating breakfast just before going to work. Behind one of his ears a pimple loomed temptingly, ripe for a squeezing. His hair was dryish and thinnish and untidy and brownish and needed further combing. His flesh was the flesh of one neither young nor old, but more old than young, more repulsive than tempting.

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