The Circus of Dr. Lao (Bison Frontiers of Imagination)
by Charles G. Finney
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Author: Charles G. FinneyIntroduction: John Marco
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-04-01
ISBN: 0803269072
Number of pages: 169
Publisher: Bison Books
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Book Review: Lao means old in Mandarin and Cantonese
Summary: 2 Stars
One day a Chink takes out an ad in the local news paper announcing a circus coming to town that day. The ad is mysteriously worded to attract a variety of locals and a transient. The side shows are quite different than most circuses and so are the animals including something that is consistently indefinable. Each person sees the circus in a different way. Many tend to ignore or gloss over any inconsistencies. It is if the circus had never been there. They say it is best to write what you know. Charles G. Finney served in the U.S. 15th infantry in China; oddly enough so did one of his characters. He worked on a news paper in Arizona; oddly enough so did one of his characters. I suspect he is on a first name basis with the menagerie in Dr. Lao's Circus.
The story, well there really is not one. The plot, nope not one of them either. Characters? Yes they were characters.
A good movie adaptation of this book is "Severn faces of Dr. Lao", Dr. Lao played by Tony Randall. The all but absent plot was replaced with a standard one that helped tie the story together and wrapped up lose ends. They cleaned up the dirty parts and watered down the god Yottle. It is well worth viewing (see my review).
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