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A Son Of The Circus
  • Published: 1 November 1995
  • ISBN: 9780552996051
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $36.00

A Son Of The Circus

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A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers.

'The doctor was fated to go back to Bombay; he would keep returning again and again - if not forever, at least for as long as there were dwarves in the circus.'

Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopaedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Once, twenty years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, two decades later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer...
  • Published: 1 November 1995
  • ISBN: 9780552996051
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 784
  • RRP: $36.00
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John Irving

John Irving published his first novel, Setting Free the Bears, in 1968. He has been nominated for a National Book Award three times – winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. He also received an O. Henry Award, in 1981, for the short story ‘Interior Space’. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules – a film with seven Academy Award nominations. In 2001, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. For more information about the author, please visit www.john-irving.com
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