
Wise Children (Paperback)
Angela Carter (author), Ali Smith (author of introduction)Published: 16/01/1992
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099981107
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 181 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 16 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Inventive and brilliant * The Times *
A funny, funny book, Wise Children is even better than Nights at the Circus. It deserves all the bouquets, diamonds and stage-door Johnnies it can get * Independent on Sunday *
Wonderful writing...there is not much fiction around that is as good as this * Daily Telegraph *
Delightful...this is rich prose which demands thought. It's also wickedly funny and a great read * thebookbag.co.uk *
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