I picked up this book after a recent obsession with the circus and circus performers. The cover looked promising as did the description. This book was hardly about the circus apart from the description of "boning" the limbless girl. I always find it concerning when I read a book I know I could have written better. The book read like a rough draft. There were very unsatisfactory descriptions and blunt, womanizing depictions of sex.The names and character profiles were even beyond belief, save your time don't read!