{"product_id":"a-son-of-the-circus-a-novel-ballantine-readers-circle","title":"A Son of the Circus: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Hindi film star, an American missionary, a pair of twins separated at birth, a diminutive chauffeur, and a serial killer collide in a riotous novel by the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe World According to Garp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“His most entertaining novel since \n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGarp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Son of the Circus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is comic genius . . . get ready for [John] Irving's most raucous novel to date.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla, reared in Bombay by maverick foes of tradition, educated in Vienna, married to an Austrian and long a resident of Toronto, is a 59-year-old without a country, culture, or religion to call his own. . . . 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 clubmen, dwarf clowns and transvestite whores, missionaries and movie stars. This is a land of energetic colliding egos, of modern media clashing with ancient cultures, of broken sexual boundaries.”\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Newsday\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“His most daring and most vibrant novel . . . The story of circus-as-India is told with gusto and delightful irreverence.”\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Bharati Mukherjee, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“Ringmaster Irving introduces act after act, until three (or more) rings are awhirl at a lunatic pace. . . . [He] spills characters from his imagination as agilely as improbable numbers of clowns pile out of a tiny car. . . . His Bombay and his Indian characters are vibrant and convincing.”\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\n    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e“Irresistible . . . powerful . . . Irving's gift for dialogue shines.”\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Irving's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIn One Person.\u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Luminous Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52343846175015,"sku":null,"price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/2079\/7223\/files\/51y8yeDRu3L.jpg?v=1792150150","url":"https:\/\/theluminousbookshop.com\/products\/a-son-of-the-circus-a-novel-ballantine-readers-circle","provider":"The Luminous Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}