The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.

The black sign, painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates, reads:

Opens at Nightfalll

Closes at Dawn

As the sun disappears beyond the horizon, all over the tents small lights begin to flicker, as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. When the tents are all aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign appears.

Le Cirque des Reves

The Circus of Dreams.

Now the circus is open.

Now you may enter.

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2012
Publisher: Vintage Books
Languages: English
Pages: 502
ISBN 13: 9780099570295
ISBN 10: 0099570297