Poor Things : Episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandliss M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer
Author(s): Alasdair Gray
What strange secret made rich, beautiful, tempestuous Bella Baxter irresistible to the poor Scottish medical student Archie McCandless? Was it her mysterious origin in the home of his monstrous friend Godwin Baxter, the genius whose voice could perforate eardrums? 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. Author Biography: Alasdair Gray won the the Whitbread and Guardian Awards for POOR THINGS. He is also the author of THE BOOK OF PREFACES, the story-collection, TEN TALES TALL AND TRUE, and the groundbreaking modern classic, LANARK. First published 1992. Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize
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Author Biography: Alasdair Gray won the the Whitbread and Guardian Awards for POOR THINGS. He is also the author of THE BOOK OF PREFACES, the story-collection, TEN TALES TALL AND TRUE, and the groundbreaking modern classic, LANARK.
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- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- : 01 March 2003
- : books
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- : Alasdair Gray
- : Paperback