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When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town.

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莎拉·格鲁恩（Sara Gruen），对动物有着莫名的狂热，先前出版过两本与马有关的书，都广受欢迎。书中很多的角色都是根据真实人物为蓝本，故事背景则是根据1930年代的巡回马戏团。她现与丈夫、三名子女、四只猫、两头羊、两条狗、一匹马同住在芝加哥北部的环保小区。