Nightmare Alley
by William Lindsay Gresham
Taste attributes: dramacrimepsychologicalhorrorfresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringself destruction/implosiontroubled leadsinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeAn unsavoury, fresh novel: serious and layered. Best if you like edge over warmth.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Stanton Carlisle, employed as a carny at a travelling circus watches their freak-show geek - an abject alcoholic, the object of the voyeuristic crowd's gleeful disgust and derision - and wonders how a man could fall so low. There's no way in hell, he vows, that anything like that will ever happen to him.
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- Author
- William Lindsay Gresham
- Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 275
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- Open Library
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