Extraordinarily inventive witty moving and profound.' Bernardine Evaristo 'If you read one
novel this year let it be Top Doll. This is innovative exquisitely crafted storytelling at
its finest.' Malika Booker When reclusive billionaire Huguette Clark dies age 104 she leaves
behind a suite of New York apartments a meticulously upkept California mansion at least one
Monet and her vast collection of antique dolls. Having barely been outside for 50 years the
elusive Clark spoke to few--in this highly unreliable semi-fictional miniature epic the dolls
tell all. Theirs is a tale that takes us from their lavish Park Avenue home back in time to
the slave plantations of Virginia and the palaces of Imperial Japan via the addictive hedonism
of 1930s queer LA. Joyfully irreverent Top Doll is a story of love betrayal Barbies and
ultimately what it means to be human. 'An astonishing combination of depth compassion and
beauty. A constant series of delicious surprises.' Leone Ross *** Praise for An Aviary of
Small Birds: 'Beautiful painful pitch-perfect . . . McCarthy Woolf's tuning fork always
rings true.' Guardian 'I loved Karen McCarthy Woolf's technically perfect poems of winged
heartbreak.' Maggie Gee The Observer Praise for Seasonal Disturbances: 'A strange and
stunning collection from a true writer. Vulnerable hilarious and wise.' Warsan Shire 'An
unclassifiable book revolutionary in its engagement with form stunning in its intersectional
politics and an extraordinary achievement . . . It will break you in a good way.' Poetry
School Books of the Year 2017
