{"product_id":"9780747562283-poor-things","title":"Poor Things","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow an award-winning major film\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFabulous historical novel from the award-winning author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF TWO GOLDEN GLOBES, STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FAVOURITE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.\u003c\/i\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 .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.________________________'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book'\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e'Witty and delightfully written' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess'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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31724117819489,"sku":"9780747562283","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27384020.jpg?v=1721733006","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780747562283-poor-things","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}