If the circus is always both a holiday and a mystery, then the most mysterious circus profession is a magician. However, do not expect that Igor Kio will reveal professional secrets in his book - how he turns people into birds or how his assistants disappear from a large wooden box. The mysteries of the illusionist's craft will remain mysteries, but readers know a lot about the life of the circus, including behind the scenes. The main part of the book is vivid stories about people “whose place of work is thirteen meters in diameter” - about the great clowns Oleg Popov, Yuri Nikulin, Pencil, Leonid Yengibarov, about the famous trainers Valentin Filatov and the Zapashny brothers, about the brilliant illusionist Emil Kio - father the author, as well as about the special atmosphere that always reigns in the arena and beyond. Igor Kio's memoirs contain a lot of humor, jokes, and practical jokes. And it’s not surprising - after all, it’s all a circus! The book uses photographs from the author’s personal archive, as well as works by L. S. Babushkin