Grotesque and woeful in places, tender in others
'There is nothing more honest than wax. Everyone knows it. It can't lie'
An imagined biography of penniless Swiss orphan Marie Grosholtz who goes on to found Tussaud's waxworks museum.Carey moulds a feminist icon in Marie who believes in her own talents against profound hurdles.
Grotesque and woeful in places, tender on others.
An imagined biography of penniless Swiss orphan Marie Grosholtz who goes on to found Tussaud's waxworks museum.Carey moulds a feminist icon in Marie who believes in her own talents against profound hurdles.
Grotesque and woeful in places, tender on others.
Little by Edward Carey published by Gallic Books, 192 pages
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