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The Dead Circus is a neo-noir crime novel set in 1960s–80s Los Angeles by John Kaye. The novel was shortlisted by The New York Times for their Book of the Year list in 2003. Plot details. It is set in 1986 and following the storyline of Kaye's first novel Stars Screaming, Gene Burk has just lost his fiancée in an airplane crash. Afraid that ...
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Jul 1, 2002 · John Kaye. 3.26. 86 ratings14 reviews. In 1986, ex-cop-turned-private detective Gene Burk, devastated by the death of his fiancTe, becomes obsessed with the unsolved 1960s murder of rockabilly star Bobby Fuller and gets his chance to unravel the mystery of the crime when a former member of the Manson family contacts him to help her put the past ...
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The Dead Circus is a great baggy monster of a book, shifting shape, made up of tales of murder, desertion and love, as full of life as the city it describes.” –Bruce Cook, The Washington Post “One of the pleasures of The Dead Circus is watching its disparate stories connect, whether for good or ill.” –Charles Taylor, Newsday
Jul 1, 2002 · Before he died, it seems, Felix Vodyanov was linked to a passenger ferry that sank in 1994, an even earlier U.S. government project to research biological agents that could control human behavior, the hinky spiritual retreat Sparkling Waters, the dark web site DeepUnder, and the disappearances of at least four schoolchildren, two of whom have also turned up dead.
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In The Dead Circus it's 1986. Gene Burk is an ex-cop, fanatical record collector, and private eye. Devastated by the death of his fiancee, Gene becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery from his days with the LAPD: the late-sixties death of up-and-coming rockabilly star Bobby Fuller.
From the acclaimed author of Stars Screaming, “a fine new novel . . . [that] pulls some of the dregs of Manson’s dark legacy into the light” (The Oregonian).
