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Clever, and a bit bonkers.
I didn't realise the author is an artist as well as an author, so like an Edward Carey, Poor Things was an unexpected visual treat. Godwin 'God' Baxter cre... READ MORE
Unlike anything I have ever read..
Before starting, I was unaware that Gray was just the editor. He prefaces by saying the first edition written by Archie Mcandless in the early 1900's, was ... READ MORE
Synopsis
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- ISBN: 9780747562283
- Number of pages: 336
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
- Weight: 270g
- Languages: English