{"product_id":"9781408853610","title":"Travels with a Mexican Circus","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTravels with a Mexican Circus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Katie Hickman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatie Hickman went to Mexico looking for magic. She found it in the circus – Big Top, clowns, elephants and all – where cheap, torn materials and tarnished sequins are transformed into nights of glittering illusion. Gradually adjusting to the harsh ways of the circus's nomadic lifestyle, she soon became absorbed into this hypnotic new world, at first as a foreigner but later as 'La Gringa Estrella', a performer in her own right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eTravels with a Mexican Circus\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable account of a year-long journey through an extraordinary and bizarrely beautiful country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mexico will not have been portrayed more vividly since Graham Greene's \u003ci\u003eThe Lawless Roads\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Enchanting.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Magic is at the heart of Hickman's narrative, not just in the fabulous illusions of the acts themselves . . . but in the fantastic stories of the characters . . . [who] would not seem out of place in the oeuvre of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabel Allende.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781408853610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596929347790,"sku":"9781408853610","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_ca747aab-eb3f-447b-a71c-d11d905d91bd.jpg?v=1637869852","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781408853610","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}