{"product_id":"nights-at-the-circus-weird-girls-vintage-classics","title":"Weird Girls - Nights at the Circus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe VINTAGE CLASSICS \/ WEIRD GIRLS series ventures into the dark heart of the uncanny with disturbing, and disturbed, protagonists who dare to defy the norm. Bold, deviant, chilling and enchanting, these tales of the weird are strange enough to get lost in.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs Sophie Fevvers, toast of Europe's capitals, part swan... or all fake?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourted by the Prince of Wales and painted by Toulouse-Lautrec, she is an aerialiste extraordinaire and star of Colonel Kearney's circus. She is also part woman, part swan. Jack Walser, an American journalist, is on a quest to discover the truth behind her identity. Dazzled by his love for her, and desperate for the scoop of a lifetime, Walser has no choice but to join the circus on its magical tour through turn-of-the-nineteenth-century London, St Petersburg and Siberia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH WATERS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAngela Carter (1940–1992) lived in Japan, the United States and Australia. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003eShadow Dance\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1965. Her next book, \u003cem\u003eThe Magic Toyshop\u003c\/em\u003e, won the John Llewllyn Rhys Prize and the next, Several Perceptions, the Somerset Maugham Award. \u003cem\u003eNights at the Circus\u003c\/em\u003e, first published in 1984, won the 1984 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.9 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46588853846173,"sku":"9781529955606","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/nights_at_the_circus_weird_girls_vintage_classics_angela_carter_9781529955606.jpg?v=1741936783","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/nights-at-the-circus-weird-girls-vintage-classics","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}