Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books you've read. The circus of Dr. Lao by , 1956, Bantam Books edition, in English - [1st ed.] The Circus of Dr. Lao is a fascinating work: a labyrinth of meanings and images that sucks in the imagination, teases it and impishly plays with it. LC copy has colophon ending "this copy is for the Library of Congress." Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! LC copy accompanied by 30 duplicate leaves; also by 35 leaves (in printed paper cover) and by Edward Hoagland's introd. - Locus The circus of Dr. Lao Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. But this is the circus of Dr. Lao and instead of relief, the townsfolk are confronted with an array creature seemingly straight out of mythology: a chimera, a Medusa, a sphinx, a sea serpent and, of course, the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao. A mysterious man brings a circus to a small Western town. The Circus Of Dr. Lao (2002) About book: This is a great reissue by Bison Books.First published in 1935, The Circus of Dr. Lao is a marvel: or as John Marco so rightly puts it in his introduction, ‘an obscure classic’. It was loosely adapted into a film, 7 Faces of Dr. Lao, in 1964, with Tony Randall starring as the eponymous doctor. V617 Circus of Dr. Lao by Finney, Charles G. and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at AbeBooks.com. You can write a book review and share your experiences. For sardonic gaiety under fire, for the relief of a good guffaw, here is a circus of legendary creatures (with illustrations by Boris Charles G. Finney The Circus of Dr. Lao Charles G. Finney The Circus of Dr. Lao is an irreverent, licentious, insolent and most amusing book. 7 Faces of Dr. Lao is a 1964 film directed by George Pál and written by Charles G. Finney (novel) and Charles Beaumont (screenplay). Charles G. Finney wrote The Circus of Dr. Lao after his travels to China during the 1920’s, when he served as part of a United States garrison stationed in Tientsin. Published in 1935, it tells the story of a rather unusual circus coming to the town of Abalone, Arizona. When an enigmatic little Chinaman called Dr Lao visits the sleepy dustbowl town of Abalone, Arizona, and announces he is opening a circus, it immediately stirs up interest in the depressed population. "The edition is limited to one hundred and fifty copies"--Colophon. It gives nothing away, but offers much sustenance to those willing to take the risk of stepping into the tents housing its bizarre attractions. (page xvii)Though Charles Finney published other novels and stories, this (his first) is perhaps his most famous, though even this is not all that well known.