Hi
A friend lent me a book recently, called Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter, that she thought I might enjoy. I have not read anything by this author before so I gave it a try not knowing what to expect. It is written in an unusual style. In places I found it a bit confusing but overall it was an intriguing if rather weird story. It has a lot of descriptive passages and tries to be a bit philosophical from time to time. The main character was called Fevvers. She was a larger than life cockney who sported a pair of wings and hence the life in a travelling circus show.
I found her character developed well and I grew to sympathise with her as the book gradually revealed her life history as it followed her romantic involvement with a newspaper reporter.
If you have read this book or anything else by her I would be pleased to hear your opinion.
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