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"Join Jelly Boy on an extraordinary adventure in ""Memoirs of a Coney Island Clown. Jellyboy's Sideshow Sage"" After the tragic loss of his brother, Jelly Boy finds himself thrust into a world of wild chaos. From grieving brother to accidental clown, his journey is anything but ordinary. Prepare for laughter and awe as Jelly Boy navigates his way through: 1. Learning the perilous art of sword-sawing from a seasoned pro. 2. Turning his band, The Hydrogen Jukebox, into the Squidling Brothers Carnivolution! 3. Entertaining audiences from a wise guy mafia bar in Coney Island to grand international stages. 4. Confronting danger on and off the stage, from blazing buildings to enigmatic encounters. Jelly Boy's tale is a riotous mix of resilience, acceptance, and the transformative magic of laughter. Brace yourself for a whirlwind of entertainment and inspiration!"

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"""Jellyboy the Clown, the world-traversing sideshow marvel has written a book! MEMOIRS OF A CONEY ISLAND CLOWN: JELLYBOY'S SIDESHOW SAGA is now available for your shock and amazement! Jelly has inspired me as both a friend and colleague over the last several years. His gentle and mesmerizing tone come through loud and clear in this deftly written narrative. How does one become a Coney Island clown? This book contains so many sideshow secrets that I don't dare divulge... Suffice it to say that the magical glimpse behind the curtain that Jellyboy offers reveals much about our common humanity. FREAKS! WONDERS! And NATURAL BORN WEIRDOS have to start somewhere... Jellyboy's story beats ALIVE with a big bulbous sideshow heart, circulating a thrilling tale full of love, swords, fear, fire, trials, and triumphs. Family and friends are central to Jelly's evolution, and as a reader, he invites us in, close as kin, to learn what life as a Coney Island clown is all about."" Brendan Schweda, puppeteer, producer. ""A raw, psychedelic trip through the outsider world of sideshow performance and the autobiographical journey of becoming a professional sword swallowing clown. The book reads like you're peeking over the shoulder of Anthony Bourdain as a circus freak while he's getting stoned with Hunter S Thompson as he writes Zen and the Arts of Motorcycle Maintenance, and it's beautiful."" Jenn O Cide, international performer, producer and professional weirdo. ""Jellyboy is a clown unlike any other. Driven by an insatiable curiosity for pushing the limits and a family tragedy, his adventures into the world of sideshow take him on a journey filled with daring creativity, danger. love, and extraordinary perseverance."" Marc Hartzman, author of American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers."

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Jellyboy the Clown tours the world with the Squidling Brothers Circus Sideshow. He's worked for Ripley's Believe It or Not and the Coney Island amusement park as a sword swallower and fire breather.After witnessing his older brother's struggle with schizophrenia and losing him tosuicide, Jellyboy and his younger brother Matterz turned to art as therapy. They produced 'A Clown's Recovery, Squidlings Around the World, and a horror movie 'Freakshow Apocalypse: The Unholy Sideshow' as well as several albums with their band the Hydrogen Jukebox.In 2011 Jellyboy spent five weeks in a coma after being rescued from a burning building in New York. Ironically, the accident had nothing to do with fire breathing.Jellyboy has a degree in studying world religions with a minor in modern dance. Adventuring in Icelandic nature over rocks and rivers, he discovered a love for lava, the aurora borealis, and writing novels. Being a burn survivor who enjoys the shade, Jellyboy found the love of his life in Reykjavik, where he now lives with his wife, three stepchildren, and one son. To find out more about JellyboyM visit squidlingbrothers.com.

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