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Angela Carter was born in 1940 and read English at Bristol University, before spending two years living in Japan. She lived and worked extensively in the United States and Australia. Her first novel, Shadow Dance, was published in 1965, followed by the Magic Toyshop in 1967, which went on to win the John Liewellyn Rhys Prize. She wrote a further four novels, together with three collections of Short Stories, two works of non-fiction and a volume of collected writings. Angela Carter died in 1992
This contains all Carter's previously published story collections and unpublished work as well. I admire her stories more than her novels. 'The Fall River Axe Murders' seems to me an almost perfect piece of writing; heavy with oppressive heat and smells, dense with the frustration and impotence of Lizzie Borden's life; yet sharp and sparkling in its shifting tenses and viewpoints, immediate and brilliant in its language. Review by Jane Rogers, whose novels include 'Island' (Kirkus UK)
