《CIRQUE DU FREAK》是愛爾蘭作家Darren Shan（本名Darren O'Shaughnessy）創作的青少年恐怖小說系列首部作品，2004年4月由英國首次出版，簡裝版於2004年4月修訂發行。該系列共包含12部作品，包括《The Vampire’s Assistant》《Tunnels of Blood》等後續作品，中文版由人民文學出版社和皇冠文化出版有限公司分別推出簡體、繁體版本。
小說以主人公達倫·山意外獲得怪物馬戲團入場券展開，講述其被吸血鬼克里普斯利先生轉化為半吸血鬼後，以助手身份重返Cirque Du Freak馬戲團的奇幻冒險。核心情節聚焦達倫拒絕飲用人血維持人性，以及與蛇人Evra Von、人類朋友Sam的羈絆，同時揭示反派Mr Tiny操控狼人引發的生存危機。小說融合吸血鬼、變異人等超自然元素，構建以Cirque Du Freak為核心場景的黑暗奇幻世界，被J.K.羅琳評價為“節奏緊湊、充滿陰森細節”。
基本介紹
- 外文名：CIRQUE DU FREAK
- 作者：Darren Shan
- 出版時間：2000年1月
- 頁數：192 頁
- ISBN：9780006754169
- 定價：55.00 元
內容簡介
The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren - a spider freak - 'falls in love' with Madam Octa - an enormous tarantala own...(展開全部) The chilling Saga of Darren Shan, the ordinary schoolboy plunged into the vampire world. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It's the wonderfully gothic Cirque Du Freak where weird, frightening half human/half animals appear who interact terrifyingly with the audience. Darren - a spider freak - 'falls in love' with Madam Octa - an enormous tarantala owned by Mr Crepsley. Darren determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds. But his daring theft goes horribly wrong and Darren finds himself having to make a bargain with a creature of the night. Something out of the ordinary is set against the background of children's normal lives to chilling effect. Atmospheric, funny, realistic, moving and...terrifying.
