The Pilo Family Circus
"Delivered by a trio of psychotic clowns, this ultimatum [to pass his audition for the circus] plunges Jamie into the horrific alternate universe of the Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between Hell and Earth from which humankind's greatest tragedies have been perpetuated. Yet, in this place--peopled by the gruesome, grotesque, and monstrous, where violence and savagery are the norm--Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself. When he applies the white face paint, he is transformed into JJ, the most vicious clown of all. And JJ wants Jamie dead..."--Page [4] of cover.