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The circus : a novel
Call Number
- FICTION KARL (CEN)
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information
London ; New York : Hogarth, [2020]
Physical Description
178 pages ; 19 cm
Uniform Title
Summary
"The narrator of The Circus is perfectly content with his quiet life. He works at a bakery counter, and in his free time organizes (and reorganizes) his record collection. He's not up to much the day his old school friend Magnus invites him to a circus, and he's certainly not expecting the simple outing to change everything in his life. But while participating in a magic trick Magnus vanishes--completely. Struggling to piece together the events that led to his friend's inexplicable disappearance, the narrator comes to realize that even the most basic facts about his life are suddenly uncertain. His friend Jallo claims to have never met Magnus, even though they went to school together. Magnus's apartment seems deserted, but is the narrator at the right address? And who is the mysterious person who keeps calling him on the phone but never says a word?"--
Notes
"Originally published in Swedish in Sweden as Cirkus, based on a text included in the collection Den perfekta vannen, by Wahlstrom & Widstrand, 2009 ... This translation was originally published in the United Kingdom as part of The room, The invoice, and The circus, published by Vintage Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, UK, London, in 2019"--Title page verso.