Poor things
Gray, Alasdair2023
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Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realised when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation. But what does Bella think? This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.
Main title:
Poor things / Alasdair Gray.
Author:
Gray, Alasdair, author, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2023.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 1992.Film tie-in.
Awards:
Whitbread Novel Award; Guardian Fiction Prize
ISBN:
9781526657886 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2389302