There's one fantasy that doesn't get old even when you do: running away with the circus. Escaping to the place that smells of cotton candy and fresh popcorn, that stands tall with red and white ...
CAT MAN (310 pp.)—Edward Hoagland—Houghton Mifflin ($3.75). Reading this novel about circus life is a little like lifting a splendid rug and finding that unspeakable things have been swept under it.