''Shadow Dance'' was Angela Carter's first novel, published in England by Heinemann in

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

. It was published under the name ''Honeybuzzard'' in the United States. Upon publication it was acclaimed by

Anthony Burgess John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (; 25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993), who published under the name Anthony Burgess, was an English writer and composer. Although Burgess was primarily a comic writer, his Utopian and dystopian fiction, d ...

, who wrote that he "read this book with admiration, horror and other relevant emotions... Angela Carter has remarkable descriptive gifts, a powerful imagination, and... a capacity for looking at the mess of contemporary life without flinching." Carter's novels ''Shadow Dance'', ''

Several Perceptions ''Several Perceptions'' is a 1968 in literature, 1968 novel by the author Angela Carter. Her novels ''Shadow Dance (novel), Shadow Dance'' (1966), ''Several Perceptions'' and ''Love (Carter novel), Love'' (1971) are sometimes referred to as the " ...

'' (1968) and ''

Love Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest Interpersonal relationship, interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of ...

'' (1971) are sometimes referred to as the "Bristol Trilogy".

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1966 British novels Novels by Angela Carter Heinemann (publisher) books Novels set in Bristol 1966 debut novels {{1960s-novel-stub