David Louis Edelman is a writer and web programmer. His first book, Infoquake, was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best Novel and named Barnes & Noble's Top SF Novel of 2006. His latest novel, MultiReal, was released in July 2008.

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1. John Irving’s “A Son of the Circus”  •  October 3, 1994
   "A Son of the Circus" definitely qualifies as one of John Irving's oddest creations, but for most of the way it's among his most satisfying. Like most Irving novels, it's a sprawling book that swoops around the globe and through multiple generations of history. And it includes a grab bag of typical Irving topics: perverse sexuality, Christianity, unusual families, and untimely death.