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[Title] The Circus of Dr. Lao [Author] Charles G. Finney [Rating] ★★★★ [Year] 2002 [Read] 2011/10/20 [Review] 
The book comes up often in Wolfe discussions of An Evil Guest, I noticed there was a copy on library.nu, so… Short, but fairly funny; ending wasn’t quite as expected, but the dramatis personae and especially the section of questions listing contradictions/mistakes/obscurities made up for my lingering dissatisfaction. Don’t think it was directly useful for interpreting Wolfe’s An Evil Guest, but the dramatis personae is a clear inspiration for Wolfe’s own character lists.
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