Review of 'Circus'

Circus by Alistair MacLean

Bruno Wildermann is the best trapeze artist in the world – to top it off he is also well known for his clairvoyant prowess. He is recruited by the CIA to perform a daring raid on an East European research facility to steal their anti-matter research. In the process the circus he is with is up-rooted and sent on a European tour where Bruno falls in love with Maria, the operative assigned to him. The prowse is certainly filled with the ephamisms of the modern age making it a bit tiresome to read – Everything is “the best” and “the fastest” making one wonder if there are any normal people in this fictional world…The ending was quite good in that it was not easily predictable and makes this book worth a bit of a look.

Rating: “A bit better than average”

Genre: General Fiction