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Description edit
"A glorious piece of work... The narrative has a splendid ripe momentum, and each descriptive touch contributes a pang of vividness." -- "TLS "Intensely amusing and also provocatively serious. This is a big, superlatively imagined novel." -- "Observer
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Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Siberia
- Battersea
- England
- Kentucky
- Alhambra
- Russia
- Flora
- Petersburg
- Clown Alley
- Isotta
- Paris
- Piccadilly
First Sentence edit
'Lor' love you, sir!' Fevvers sang out in a voice that clanged like dustbin lids.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 255 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Wasp Factory, and followed by The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Angela Carter (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
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Publication Date: 1984
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Publication Date: 1984
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Awards edit
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1984: Fiction)
- BSFA (British Science Fiction Association) (Finalist, 1984)
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- Dewey: 823.914
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