Carter's second novel, first published in 1967, is set against the
oppressive backdrop of a most bizarre household, complete with
toyshop and puppet theatre. Fifteen-year-old Melanie and her
younger siblings are thrust into this bleak, isolated world of
their uncle's house, in an obscure part of South London, and have
to cope with their new surroundings. With an extraordinary and
intense characterization the novel plunges the reader into a vivid
tale of youthful innocence, power struggles and family kinship.
Winner of the 1967 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. (Kirkus UK)
This crazy world whirled around her, men and women dwarfed by toys
and puppets, where even the birds are mechanical and the few human
figures went masked... She was in the night once again, and the
doll was herself.' Melanie walks in the midnight garden, wearing
her mother's wedding dress; naked she climbs the apple tree in the
black of the moon. Omens of disaster, swiftly following, transport
Melanie from rural comfort to London, to the Magic Toyshop. To the
red-haired, dancing Finn, the gentle Francie, dumb Aunt Margaret
and Uncle Phillip. Francie plays curious night music, Finn kisses
fifteen-year-old Melanie in the mysterious ruins of the pleasure
gardens. Brooding over all is Uncle Philip: Uncle Philip, with
blank eyes the colour of wet newspaper, making puppets the size of
men, and clockwork roses. He loves his magic puppets, but hates the
love of man for woman, boy for girl, brother for sister...
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