Nights at the Circus

Vintage Classics WEIRD GIRLS Dive into the depraved delectable depths of women s weird fiction Is Sophie Fevvers toast of Europe s capitals part swan or all fake Courted 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 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH WATERS One of the BBC s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World A spellbinding achievement Literary Review Raunchy raucous a rich turn of the 19th century world which reeks of human and animal variety The Times The 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 disruptive chilling and enchanting these tales of the weird are strange enough to get lost in