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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this book, but not as much as I had expected to. Clearly, there are interesting stories and characters in the circus, and we get to see them here, but I don't think author <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18012.Bruce_Feiler" title="Bruce Feiler">Bruce Feiler</a> chose the best structure to tell those stories. It certainly seems like a good idea to use the order of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75473734">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another life in the circus book, this one is nonfiction. Mr. Feiler spent a season traveling with the Clyde Beaty-Cole Brothers Circus, one of the last large tent circuses. He trains (very quickly) as a clown, and drops right into what he calls the two halves of the circus, the performances and the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48102745">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted to love this book. I've been fascinated with the circus for my entire life, and I'd read a little of Feiler's writing before (he had an article in <em>Gourmet</em> several years ago that I greatly enjoyed and still reread), and was prepared for this to be very engaging and well written.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22208137">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So far so good.  He hints at depravity and scandal and I'm anxiously awaiting it....]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[His tale is especially appealling because it makes it seem applicable even for the average reader who can't fathom joining the circus at this point in their lives. Wouldn't my co-workers be weirded out by the guy with a college degree working with them for a year? Do they even use the word 'co-worke...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17593360">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bruce Feiler is one of my favorite authors.    You learn a lot about circus life from this book.]]></body>
    
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