Shaking A Leg

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY RACHEL COOKE

ReadingShaking a Legis like spending time with the funniest, wisest friend youve ever had; a person whose breadth of interest ranges from food to feminism to science fiction, and everything in between; a person with an entirely unpredictable train of thought but whose exuberance, knowledge and insight sweeps you along. Bursting with ideas, culturally astute and sparklingly witty, this comprehensive volume of Angela Carters journalism is the most down-to-earth and entertaining companion to latter twentieth-century thought youll ever need.

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 byThe Magic Toyshopin 1967, which went on to win the John Llewellyn 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.

Forthright, funny, unpredictable: Carter is capable of illuminating any topic with the brilliance of her prose.