Janet Frame: The Troubled Soul

In IAN HAYDN SMITH’s book, Cult Writers: 50 Nonconformist Novelists You Need to Know, he handpicks 50 notable figures from the modern world of literature and explores the creative genius that earned them the cult label, while celebrating the works that made their names. In our second in a series of five extracts gr is exploring the authors that have a cult following. This month we learn more about New Zealand writer, Janet Frame, whose autobiographical trilogy was transformed into a film by Jane Campion.