A son of the circus

A SON OF THE CIRCUS IS COMIC GENIUS....GET READY FOR IRVINGS MOST RAUCOUSNOVEL TO DATE.The Boston GlobeDr. Farrokh Daruwalla reared inBombay by maverick foes of... » 

A SON OF THE CIRCUS IS COMIC GENIUS....GET READY FOR IRVINGS MOST RAUCOUSNOVEL TO DATE.The Boston GlobeDr. Farrokh Daruwalla reared inBombay by maverick foes of tradition educated in Vienna married to anAustrian and long a resident of Toronto is a 59yearold without a countryculture or religion to call his own....The novel may not be about India butIrvings imagined India which Daruwalla visits periodically is a remarkableachievementa pandemonium of servants and clubmen dwarf clowns andtransvestite whores missionaries and movie stars. This is a land of energeticcolliding egos of modern media clashing with ancient cultures of brokensexual boundaries.New York NewsdayHIS MOST DARING AND MOST VIBRANTNOVEL...The story of circusasIndia is told with gusto and delightfulirreverence.Bharati Mukherjee The Washington Post BookWorldRingmaster Irving introduces act after act until three or morerings are awhirl at a lunatic pace....He spills characters from hisimagination as agilely as improbable numbers of clowns pile out of a tinycar....His Bombay and his Indian characters are vibrant and convincing.The Wall Street JournalIRRESISTIBLE...POWERFUL...Irvings gift fordialogue shines.Chicago Tribune From the Paperback edition. «