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Step right up and enter the Kafkaesque new novel from the author of The Room and The Invoice, in which a real-life vanishing act leaves one man looking for his missing friend.
The gentle, off-beat narrator of The Circus is perfectly content with his quiet life. By day he works in a bakery, and by night he obsessively organizes and reorganizes his record collection: it’s all just the way he likes it. But when a childhood friend named Magnus comes calling out of the blue, the contours of our narrator’s familiar world begin to shift. On a visit to the circus together, Magnus volunteers to participate in the magician’s disappearing act, and midway through the routine he vanishes—and never returns. Is this part of the act? What’s happened to Magnus? And who is it calling on the phone in the dead of night, breathing into the receiver, but never saying a word?
Smart, sharply unsettling, and with its playful sleight of hand exquisitely kept, The Circus is a funhouse mirror of a read—one that ingeniously reveals the way we see ourselves and the stories we tell.
The gentle, off-beat narrator of The Circus is perfectly content with his quiet life. By day he works in a bakery, and by night he obsessively organizes and reorganizes his record collection: it’s all just the way he likes it. But when a childhood friend named Magnus comes calling out of the blue, the contours of our narrator’s familiar world begin to shift. On a visit to the circus together, Magnus volunteers to participate in the magician’s disappearing act, and midway through the routine he vanishes—and never returns. Is this part of the act? What’s happened to Magnus? And who is it calling on the phone in the dead of night, breathing into the receiver, but never saying a word?
Smart, sharply unsettling, and with its playful sleight of hand exquisitely kept, The Circus is a funhouse mirror of a read—one that ingeniously reveals the way we see ourselves and the stories we tell.
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About the Author:
Jonas Karlsson is the author of The Room and The Invoice. One of Sweden's most prominent actors, Karlsson has performed on Sweden's premier stage and in several acclaimed feature films and television series. In 2005, Karlsson made his debut as a playwright, earning rave reviews from audiences and critics alike. Spurred by the joy of writing for the stage, Karlsson began writing fiction.
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Praise for Jonas Karlsson’s The Invoice
“Karlsson expertly wrings humor from the contrast between the bizarre, increasingly alarming circumstances in which his narrators find themselves and their low-key, matter-of-fact responses.”—NPR
“A fable for the ages. [The Invoice] should be read alongside The Trial and Nineteen Eighty-Four as an antidote.”—Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Room
“A reality-bending psychological profile with insights into the nature and importance of personal space.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Thoroughly enjoyable.”—The Guardian
“Brilliant.”—Financial Times (UK)
“Karlsson expertly wrings humor from the contrast between the bizarre, increasingly alarming circumstances in which his narrators find themselves and their low-key, matter-of-fact responses.”—NPR
“A fable for the ages. [The Invoice] should be read alongside The Trial and Nineteen Eighty-Four as an antidote.”—Kirkus Reviews
Praise for The Room
“A reality-bending psychological profile with insights into the nature and importance of personal space.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Thoroughly enjoyable.”—The Guardian
“Brilliant.”—Financial Times (UK)
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