Christopher Frayling is an archivist, a detective, an expert and aficionado and his memoir of Angela Carter in the 1970s gives an unexpected and altogether fascinating sighting of the writer - before anyone could know how epoch-defining her wit and brilliance would be. He then follows twists and turns in some of their shared interests - cartoons, film music, puppets, beasts (especially wolves), vampires, horror and the Gothic - and displays throughout irrepressable energy and detailed knowledge.' Maria Warnerauthor of Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights
