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It was shortlisted for the thomas cook travel book award, and became one of the independents books of the year. Travels with a mexican circus, flamingo london, england, 1994. Travels with a mexican circus is an unforgettable account of a yearlong journey through an extraordinary and bizarrely beautiful country. Hickman studied english literature at pembroke college, oxford.
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