Simon’s house is caving in and falling down all at the same time. He’s lost his job, and there’s no money for repairs. His carny sister and her copiously tattooed carny boyfriend show up for a visit. He is dating the one girl he’s not supposed to date. Oh, and his mom committed suicide when Simon was a child, and his dad is gone, too. Luckily a really weird book shows up just in time to distract him from the everything going wrong in his […]
Up in the Air
A Cannonball reviewer recently commended an author for keeping himself (herself?) out of their nonfiction story, and letting the work speak for itself. I believe Mark Schreiber could take a note. Dreams of the Solo Trapeze purports to be a backstage tour of Cirque de Soleil.