SINGAPORE – “The circus arrives without warning.” So begins The Night Circus (2011), Erin Morgenstern’s debut novel set in a magical black-and-white circus of dreams.
Tales of the circus have offered readers enchantment and escape through the years, and a new cavalcade of novels seeks to deliver that sense of wonder amid the weight of the pandemic.
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