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Son of the circus

An Indian-Canadian doctor returns to Bombay to seek a cure for a disease which afflicts circus dwarfs and is caught up in a serial killing of prostitutes. The action is interspersed with commentary on the lot of social misfits: prostitutes, dwarfs, himself--the doctor regarding himself a foreigner in both India and Canada.

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  • "Son of the circus"@pl
  • "Son of the circus"
  • "Son of the Circus"@en
  • "Son of the Circus"@pl
  • "A son of the circus"@it

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  • ""Les tribulations du docteur Daruwalla, étranger en Inde, son pays d'origine, comme au Canada, son pays d'adoption, mais citoyen du monde et homme de bonne volonté. Nous découvrons plus particulièrement dans ce dernier roman Bombay, ses cabarets louches, ses palaces, des villas de Malabar Hill aux bouges de Kamathipura, sans oublier les studios de cinéma."
  • "An Indian-Canadian doctor returns to Bombay to seek a cure for a disease which afflicts circus dwarfs and is caught up in a serial killing of prostitutes. The action is interspersed with commentary on the lot of social misfits: prostitutes, dwarfs, himself--the doctor regarding himself a foreigner in both India and Canada."
  • "An Indian-Canadian doctor returns to Bombay to seek a cure for a disease which afflicts circus dwarfs and is caught up in a serial killing of prostitutes. The action is interspersed with commentary on the lot of social misfits: prostitutes, dwarfs, himself--the doctor regarding himself a foreigner in both India and Canada."@en
  • "Grasping for a self identity after a life spent on the move, fifty-nine-year-old Dr. Farrokh Daruwalla visits India, where he meets a variety of colorful circus characters, including dwarf clowns, transvestites, and movie stars."@en
  • "Een Canadees op leeftijd leidt een dubbelleven: in Toronto is hij orthopedisch chirurg, in zijn geboorteplaats Bombay schrijft hij filmscenario's."
  • "BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from John Irving's In One Person.A Hindi film star . . . an American missionary . . . twins separated at birth . . . a dwarf chauffeur . . . a serial killer . . . all are on a collision course. In the tradition of A Prayer for Owen Meany, Irving's characters transcend nationality. They are misfits--coming from everywhere, belonging nowhere. Set almost entirely in India, this is John Irving's most ambitious novel and a major publishing event."@en

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  • "Americké romány"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "American fiction"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Detective novels"
  • "Powieść amerykańska"@pl
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Electronic books"@en

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  • "Syn cirkusu"
  • "Um filho do circo"
  • "Son of the circus"@en
  • "Un Hijo del Circo"
  • "A Son of the Circus"
  • "A Son of the Circus"@en
  • "A son of circus"@en
  • "A cirkusz gyermeke"
  • "A cirkusz gyermeke"@hu
  • "Un enfant de la balle : roman"
  • "Un hijo del circo"@es
  • "Un hijo del circo"
  • "Barn af et cirkus"
  • "Barn af et cirkus"@da
  • "A Son of the circus"
  • "A son of the circuls"
  • "Syn t︠s︡irka"
  • "A Son Of Circus"@en
  • "Un Hijo del circo"
  • "Syn cyrku"
  • "Syn cyrku"@pl
  • "Сын цирка"
  • "Figlio del circo"@it
  • "Figlio del circo"
  • "Een zoon van het circus"
  • "Un enfant de la balle"@en
  • "Un enfant de la balle"
  • "A son of the circus"@en
  • "A son of the circus"
  • "Zirkuskind : Roman"
  • "A son of a circus"
  • "A sun of the circus"
  • "Zirkuskind : ein Roman"

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