Hank Kirton read and liked Tosh's review of Nightmare Alley:

"One of the strange titles from Noir literature. And at the moment very hard to find. William L. Greshan's novel is the rise and fall of a carnival con artist. From ambitious 'mind reader' to geek - the book has an excellent view of the carnival wo...more One of the strange titles from Noir literature. And at the moment very hard to find. William L. Greshan's novel is the rise and fall of a carnival con artist. From ambitious 'mind reader' to geek - the book has an excellent view of the carnival world as well as some show-biz aspects of the social world of Manhattan, etc. I read this book many years ago, and it stays in my mind as a contemporary (well 40's era) horror story of sorts. Also it became a great film made in the 40's. But the book I feel is even better than the film.

American Library put it out in their Noir collection some years ago - I don't know it it is still in print. Locate and read it!(less) "