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The Pilo Family Circus

Will Elliott,

Katherine Dunn (Introduction)

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Jul 05, 2009 Gregor Xane rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2009

An excellent debut. A pleasure to read throughout, although I did feel a bit sullied at times while reading it.

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Jun 14, 2011 Alan Baxter rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, dark-fantasy

This is an excellent book. Dark and twisted, truly creepy, but with a lot of very black humour. It's a unique tale and a very well realised world, with absolutely mesmerising characters. I already hated clowns and now I have new reasons to be creeped out by them! The ending was a bit of a let down for me, but it was satisfying and made sense in the context of the novel as a whole. I took a while getting around to reading this one, but I'm really glad I did. ...more

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Jun 25, 2011 Mon rated it it was ok

Everyone exists as a canvas for crazy violent clown shenanigans.

So many adverbs.

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Jul 21, 2010 Jenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: spec-fiction, favourites

This is my FAVOURITE book of the past few years. If Stephen King had written this well early in his career, he'd have found fame much faster. I'm certain King would be proud to put his name to this work. The Pilo Family Circus is weird, funny and scary. I can't imagine anyone not enjoying this, regardless of what their usual fare is. ...more

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