Audio Book Description:
Inside Jacob Jankowski`s ninety-something-year-old mind dwell memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate into the BenziniBrothers Most Spectacular Show On Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks andclowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; aworld with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus:to Jacob it was both salvationand a living hell. Jacob was there because his luck had run out. It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circuswas lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsomecircus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she wasthe great gray hope, the newact that was going to be thesalvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn`t have an act-in fact, she couldn`t even follow instructions. The bond thatgrew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
