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The Invention of Angela Carter  (Omnibus)

The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon (Omnibus)

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The Invention of Angela Carter

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Invention of Angela Carter by Edmund Gordon (Omnibus)

Edmund Gordon's illuminating biography about the inventive writer, Angela Carter.

Emma Fielding reads an illuminating biography of highly inventive writer, Angela Carter and her unconventional and extraordinary life.

Angela Carter was one of English literature's most inventive writers. 

Edmund Gordon's illuminating biography was the first to be authorised 25 years after her death in 1992. 

It features interviews with close friends, collaborators, lovers and family members.

Edmund was granted access to Angela’s journals, letters and manuscripts and so created a vivid portrait of her unconventional and extraordinary life.

Read by Emma Fielding

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Sara Davies. 

Producer: Elizabeth Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.

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