Wow, this was an odd one. It runs away from the get go and leaves you confounded at most turns. I have no idea what it was about but I enjoyed every moment of it, like stepping into a cinema sometime around the 1930s ( )

First impressions: The cover is off-putting, and the title is odd. After having read the book, I understand the choice of the title, but still, I believe a murder mystery involving an amnesiac psychiatrist and a patient that deeply desires to be insane could have been better titled. There are friendly carnival folk, a leprechaun who may or may not exist, and a huge scar on the face of the good doctor - a man who is forced to take on a false identity in order to pick up where he left off.

It's worth reading, and it's a quick read. Seriously, though, judging a book by its cover kept me from reading this for a lot longer than I probably would otherwise. ( )