The Troupe

To find his father, a young man joins a vaudeville troupe with dark secrets in this “finely crafted” historical fantasy thriller ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Vaudeville is an absurd, mercenary world of showmanship clashing cultures and wickedly delightful deceptions. But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole has joined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be his father, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father’s troupe, he begins to under