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OLDER FICTION
Pietsch, Nicole

Sideshow of Merit

322 pp. | Namelos | October, 2013 | Trade ISBN 978-1-60898-163-2 $22.95 | Paper ISBN 978-1-60898-164-9 $11.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-60898-165-6
(3) YA After traumatic childhoods of sexual abuse in a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1950s Canada, best friends Tevan and James, now in their twenties, join a traveling carnival sideshow as death-defying stunt performers. Tevan's raw first-person narration, alternating between past and present, skillfully reveals the young men's emotions concerning sex, love, friendship, and trust and makes for powerful--though often painful--reading.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan

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