Backcover Description: Six-year old Jimmy is thrown out of his apartment, into the streets of 1890 London, while his Mum services clients.Confused and broken, the boy runs away with a caravan circus.Taken in by a new Mum, Jimmy grows into James as he strives to meet the circus owner's challenge to become a "freak" of some kind to earn his keep. Initial success as a high wire walker ends badly and he tries boxing in the side show. Along the way James falls for Caitlin, the lion tamer's daughter but he is forced to run away to hide a secret and avoid being fed to the lions by Caitlin's father.
James joins the British Army where he fights fro the Queen in three theathers of war. Caitlin breaks off the relationship when she discovers he is still boxing despite promises to stop the brutal sport. James goes to America to distance himself from the painful reminders of Caitlin.
He finds work in Florida for several years until he is forced to go into hiding after accidently killing a man in a fight.
A long lost letter from Caitlin surfaces causing James' return to England for an attemped reunion.
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