Carol Birch
Carol Birch is the author of ten previous novels, including Scapegallows (2008) and Turn Again Home (2003) which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She has also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and the David Higham Award for Best First Novel. Jamrach’s Menagerie was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011 and the London Book Award.
Orphans of the Carnival
The dazzling new novel, evoking the thrilling world of the Victorian carnival, from the Man Booker-shortlisted author of Jamrach’s Menagerie
“When you think about it – every person’s like a museum of their life”
Carol Birch reads from Orphans of the Carnival
