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Poor Things

Poor Things

by Alasdair Gray

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

"Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer." Based on invented historical documents, Gray's delightful novel-within-a-novel chronicles a mad scientist's attempt to create the perfect companion -- and another young doctor's jealous love for the new creation -- in 19th-century Edinburgh. Includes the author's wonderfully strange illustrations.  (SCT173, $14.95)

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