Travels with a Mexican Circus

by Hickman, Katie

• ISBN13: 9781408853610
• ISBN10: 1408853612
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-01-06
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

Katie Hickman went to Mexico looking for magic. She found it in the circus – Big Top, clowns, elephants and all – where cheap, torn materials and tarnished sequins are transformed into nights of glittering illusion. Gradually adjusting to the harsh ways of the circus's nomadic lifestyle, she soon became absorbed into this hypnotic new world, at first as a foreigner but later as 'La Gringa Estrella', a performer in her own right.

Travels with a Mexican Circus is an unforgettable account of a year-long journey through an extraordinary and bizarrely beautiful country.

Author Biography

Katie Hickman is the author of six previous titles, including two bestselling history books, Courtesans and Daughters of Britannia. She has written two travel books, one of which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. She was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year award for her novel The Quetzal Summer and her previous novels, The Aviary Gate and Pindar Diamond, sold widely throughout the world. Katie Hickman lives in London with her two children and her husband, the philosopher A. C. Grayling.