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Edmund Gordon's vivid and illuminating portrait of Angela Carter is the first authorised biography of one of English literature's most imaginative writers. Today, Angela Carter is beguiled in Japan.

Read by Emma Fielding
Abridged by Sara Davies
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 13 Oct 2016 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Emma Fielding
Author Edmund Gordon
Abridger Sara Davies
Producer Elizabeth Allard

Broadcasts

  • Wed 12 Oct 2016 09:45
  • Thu 13 Oct 2016 00:30

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