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Goldenland past dark

Chandler Klang Smith (2013)

SubgenreFantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages274 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.75/5 (114)

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageModerate

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Synopsis

"A hostile stranger is hunting Dr. Show's ramshackle travelling circus across 1960s America. His target: the ringmaster himself. Struggling to elude the menace, Dr. Show scraps his ambitious itinerary, ticket sales plummet, and nothing but disaster looms. The troupe's unravelling hopes fall on their latest and most promising recruit, Webern Bell, a sixteen-year-old stunted hunchback devoted obsessively to perfecting the surreal clown performances that come to him in his dreams. But as they travel through a landscape of abandoned amusement parks and rural ghost towns, Webern's bizarre past starts to pursue him, as well."--Amazon.com.

Tags

Literary FantasyDark FantasyHistorical FantasyCircus FictionMagical Realism