Who wrote Nights at the Circus?

Angela Carter wrote Nights at the Circus, first published in 1984. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

Is there a book club guide for Nights at the Circus?

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Essential Read

Nights at the Circus

Name: Nights at the Circus
Author: Angela Carter

by Angela Carter · 1984

Literary Fiction · ranked #124 in category

Sophie Fevvers, a trapeze artist who claims to have been hatched from an egg and to possess actual wings, captivates American journalist Jack Walser, who follows her from London to St Petersburg to Siberia trying to determine if she is genuine. Carter's carnivalesque novel is both a riotous adventure and a feminist meditation on spectacle, self-creation and what it means for a woman to own her own myth.

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