{"product_id":"alasdair-gray-poor-things-2002-paperback","title":"Alasdair Gray: Poor Things [2002] paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF TWO GOLDEN GLOBES, STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FAVOURITE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGodwin 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 \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what does Bella think?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e________________________\u003cbr\u003e'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book'\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Witty and delightfully written' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Those who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not, ought to fall on \u003ci\u003ePoor Things\u003c\/i\u003e with delight, and not just because of the almost excessive beauty of its appearance' Philip Hensher, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Gray, Alasdair","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":47818037821779,"sku":"9780747562283","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52855301341523,"sku":"XV80747562283","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/gray-alasdair-alasdair-gray-poor-things-2002-paperback-1217822826.jpg?v=1769101030","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/alasdair-gray-poor-things-2002-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}