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A Son of the Circus (1994) is a novel by American writer John Irving. It was a return to his first publisher, Random House, under whose imprint Irving's first three novels appeared. Though the setting is Mumbai, India and though the book describes
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- 1994
1 de jan. de 2001 · A Son of the Circus. John Irving. 3.66. 20,589 ratings780 reviews. A Hindi film star . . . an American missionary . . . twins separated at birth . . . a dwarf chauffeur . . . a serial killer . . . all are on a collision course. In the tradition of A Prayer for Owen Meany, Irving's characters transcend nationality.
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And it includes a grab bag of typical Irving topics: perverse sexuality, Christianity, unusual families, and untimely death. On the surface, A Son of the Circus is a murder mystery revolving around several members of the posh Indian Duckworth Club, Dr. Daruwalla’s social hangout of choice.
Once, twenty years ago, Dr. Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, two decades later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer…. “The novel may not be ‘about’ India, but Irving’s imagined India, which Daruwalla visits periodically, is a remarkable achievement—a pandemonium of servants and ...
This is a land of energetic colliding egos, of modern media clashing with ancient cultures, of broken sexual boundaries." --New York Newsday "HIS MOST DARING AND MOST VIBRANT NOVEL...The story...
