"The Barnum Museum" is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus side-show masquerading as a collection of short stories. In the title story, the Barnum Museum is a fantastic, monstrous landmark so compelling that an entire town finds its citizens gradually and inexorably disappearing into it. Other stories include: the tale of a bored dilettante who constructs an imaginary woman - and loses her to an imaginary man, and a legendary magician so skilled at sleight-of-hand that he is pursued by police for the crime of ...
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"The Barnum Museum" is a combination waxworks, masked ball, and circus side-show masquerading as a collection of short stories. In the title story, the Barnum Museum is a fantastic, monstrous landmark so compelling that an entire town finds its citizens gradually and inexorably disappearing into it. Other stories include: the tale of a bored dilettante who constructs an imaginary woman - and loses her to an imaginary man, and a legendary magician so skilled at sleight-of-hand that he is pursued by police for the crime of erasing the line between the real and the conjured. Ingeniously written and orchestrated, each exhibit in "The Barnum Museum" will compel you to continue, each story becoming a lure to the next.
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Add this copy of The Barnum Museum to cart. $4.81, good condition, Sold by citywbooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Salt Lake City, UT, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Phoenix.
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1998, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
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1998
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English
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Good. Size: fc-1023a; General paperback wear, bends in spine, possible bends from reading on the cover, and may have a bookstore stamp inside cover. Quick response!
Add this copy of The Barnum Museum to cart. $4.90, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Phoenix.
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1998, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Add this copy of The Barnum Museum to cart. $4.90, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Phoenix.
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1998, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Add this copy of The Barnum Museum to cart. $4.90, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Phoenix.
Edition:
1998, Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )