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{{Infobox book
| name              = Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare
| image             = File:CirqueDuFreak.jpg
| caption           = First edition
| author            = [[Darren Shan]]
| country           = United Kingdom
| language          = English
| series            = ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]''
| genre             = [[Vampire Fiction]]
| publisher         = [[HarperCollins]]
| pub_date          = January 2000
| media_type        = Print (Paperback)
| pages             = 192
| isbn              = 0-00-713900-4
| oclc              = 42745230
| followed_by       = [[The Vampire's Assistant]]
| website           = https://darrenshan.com/
}}
'''''Cirque du Freak''''' (also known as '''''Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare''''') is the first of twelve novels in ''[[The Saga of Darren Shan]]'' by [[Darren Shan]] (real name Darren O'Shaugnessy), published in January 2000.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rivett|first=Miriam|date=2002-06-01|title=Cirque du Freak|url=https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015227716438|journal=[[Children's Literature in Education]]|language=en|volume=33|issue=2|pages=97–106|doi=10.1023/A:1015227716438|s2cid=189840853|issn=1573-1693|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

[[Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant|A feature film adaptation]] of the novel, directed by [[Paul Weitz (filmmaker)|Paul Weitz]] and starring [[Chris Massoglia]], [[John C. Reilly]], [[Ken Watanabe]], [[Salma Hayek]], [[Josh Hutcherson]] and [[Willem Dafoe]] was released on 23 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sellers|first1=John|title=Movie Alert: Cirque Du Freak|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/page-to-screen/article/8474-movie-alert-cirque-du-freak.html|publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=10 August 2014|date=8 October 2009}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{The Saga of Darren Shan}}
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[[Category:2000 Irish novels]]
[[Category:2000s horror novels]]
[[Category:Irish horror novels]]
[[Category:Novels about vampires]]
[[Category:Irish novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:Horror novels adapted into films]]
[[Category:The Saga of Darren Shan novels]]
[[Category:HarperCollins books]]
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