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Dazzling and macabre, literary and philosophical, the circus of dr. Coates, 195610, bantam books edition, mass market paperback in english. In 1981 i saw an unusual 1964 film, and in 2019, i sought out the 1935 novella from which it was adapted. Lao describes finneys own journey from the small towns of the united states to the alien outreaches of china. This kids movie from 1964 tells the story of a mysterious chinese man who wanders into a small town in the old west with his traveling circus. Lao is a novel written by arizona newspaperman charles g. Lao by, 1956, bantam books edition, in english 1st ed.
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