Alasdair Gray: Poor Things
Alasdair Gray: Poor Things
Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum
Argyle Street
Glasgow G3 8AG
United Kingdom
The Burrell Collection
Pollok Country Park, 2060 Pollokshaws Rd, Bellahouston
Glasgow G43 1AT
United Kingdom
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. Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized 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?
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN: 9780747562283
- Number of pages: 336
- Weight: 270 g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm