How to swallow a sword

Hannibal Helmurto - the Pain Proof Man - swallows a sword
- the back cover picture of Circus Mania

"It's a very weird sensation. It feels like you're impaled, because you can't move. There's a straight piece of metal inside you."

- Hannibal, Circus of Horrors

Learn how to swallow a sword in three not-so-easy steps... how to pick the perfect volunteer for a spot of audience participation... and how to train a tiger. Learn the secrets of the circus from the stars and showmen who live their lives in the sawdust circle, in Circus Mania - The Ultimate Book For Anyone Who Dreamed of Running Away with the Circus by Douglas McPherson.

"A brilliant account of a vanishing art form." - The Mail on Sunday.

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