num_pages: 160
description: The Circus Performers’ Bar is a second collection of finely crafted stories by David Arnason, written in every conceivable the urbane New Yorker story, the fireside chat, the war correspondent’s report, the poignant personal memoir and the hysterical small-town gossip. Hilarious role reversals and role substitutions provide the context through which a male neo-consciousness takes shape in a world dominated by the feminist vision. Various adorations of Snow White by her seven dwarves and the de-fanging of the wolf by Little Red Riding Hood are guaranteed to leave the reader choking with laughter and howling far into the night. Each story constitutes a new search for competence in a world where innate ability may have become historically déclassé, and laboriously-acquired facility may lead only to seasickness.
language: English
title: The Circus Performers' Bar
titlecomplete: The Circus Performers' Bar
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Talonbooks