7 3/8" x 10 5/16", 398 pp., black cloth with stamped gilt illustration of clown and rule lines to front board, gilt titling to spine, in pictorial dust jacket now protected by a clear Brodart cover. A NEW copy, pristine, gift-quality. See photo enlarged (reflections from Brodart cover). "The contemporary tale [of a modern sideshow troupe] - as told by tour manager Jan T. Gregor - of bannings, sex, drugs, fame, lust, longing, camaraderie and betrayal. Intertwined into the present-day story is an equally compelling historical voice: the intimate passages from a long-lost and only recently discovered 142-year-old diary [of circus sideshow life then]. The average person, inherently curious, has always been both fascinated and repulsed by Human Oddities and their unusual feats. Circus of the Scars takes you on a bizarre odyssey around the globe with a Sideshow troupe that truly was live, real, raw and dangerous. Learn the hidden secrets behind one of the most emotion-inducing acts of the 20th Century." - publisher. Characters include 'The Amazing Mister Lifto', 'The Torture King', 'The Enigma', 'Matt The Tube Crowley' and 'Dolly the Doll Lady'. FINE/NEW.

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Title: CIRCUS OF THE SCARS: The True Inside Odyssey of a Modern Circus Sideshow [freaks oddities]
Publisher: Brennan Dalsgard Publishers, Seattle, WA
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Cloth Hardcover
Condition: NEW / FINE