Novel about Madame Tussaud is just a "little" spooky

If the paranormal is too spooky for you but you’d like to get in the Halloween spirit, may we suggest the subject of a recent NPR author interview?

Edward Carey wrote a novel about the real Madame Tussaud, titled Little, and admits that his first visit to her museum did not go well. (We can't blame him.)

But later in life, he went from fearful of the wax figurines to fascinated by them and their creator.

Listen to Carey’s discussion with Lynn Neary on All Things Considered — conducted, naturally, in one of the Madame Tussaud museums — or read an edited transcript on NPR’s website.