Poor things Episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M. D. Scottish public health officer

Alasdair Gray

Book - 2023

"In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald's motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin's, who claims her body and soul. But Bella has her own passions to pursue. Passions that take her to aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria, and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church. Exploring her station as a woman in the shadow of the patriarchy, Bella knows it is up to her to free hers...elf--and to decide what meaning, if any, true love has in her life."--

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Subjects
Genres
Fiction
Horror fiction
Satirical literature
Published
New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers 2023.
Language
English
Main Author
Alasdair Gray (author)
Edition
First Mariner Books paperback edition
Item Description
Originally published: 1992.
Film tie-in.
Physical Description
xvi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Awards
Whitbread Novel Award; Guardian Fiction Prize
ISBN
9780063374683
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