{"product_id":"poor-things-1","title":"Poor Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF TWO GOLDEN GLOBES, STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FAVOURITE\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003eA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\nGodwin 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 . . .\n\nBut what does Bella think?\n\nThis 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.\n________________________\n'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book'\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n'Witty and delightfully written' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess\n\n'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","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257810276696,"sku":"9780747562283","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780747562283_58678cbf-dd65-4eab-8e80-234ab62c8f66.jpg?v=1769039130","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/poor-things-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}