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Carny Kill by Robert Edmond Alter

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3.0

The weirdest thing is that the author wrote 14 children's books (apparently all out of print now). Didn't realize till I was done and read his bio at the back. Makes sense now though - seemingly random literary allusions scattered throughout the book, everything from Treasure Island to Saint-Exupery. Otherwise, the book reads like one of Jim Thompson's milder novels.
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