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Several Perceptions
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Series: Virago modern classics
Author(s): Angela Carter  
ISBN: 1860490948
ISBN-13: 9781860490941
Publication Date: 06 Mar 1997
Pages: 160 (198 x 126)
Format: Paperback
Published Price: £8.99


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DESCRIPTION:
Centre stage in Angela Carter's unruly tale of the Flower Power Generation is Joseph - a decadent, disorientated rebel without a cause. A self-styled nihilist whose girlfriend has abandoned him, Joseph has decided to give up existing. But his concerned friends and neighbours have other plans. In an effort to join in the spirit of protest which motivates his contemporaries, Joseph frees a badger from the local zoo; sends a turd airmail to the President of the United States; falls in love with the mother of his best friend; and, accompanied by the strains of an old man's violin, celebrates Christmas Eve in a bewildering state of sexual discovery. But has he found the Meaning of Life?

REVIEWS:
'A picture of the Swinging Sixties without the romantic gloss of middle-aged memories' SUNDAY TIMES 'Vintage Carter' The Times

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:

Angela Carter

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