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Poor Things

By: Alasdair Gray
Narrated by: Russ Bain, Kathryn Drysdale
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Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize

A life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

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?

This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the listeners 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.

'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book' London Review of Books

'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' The Independent

'Witty and delightfully written' New York Times

'A brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.' Kirkus Reviews

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I found this to be an intriguing combination of the Frankenstein story and the history of an admirable Scottish woman physician.
The narration was brilliantly convincing

A truly memorable morality tale

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This is a most absorbing and original book. It is a wide canvas, but beautifully drawn.

Great performances, though I would take issue with a few of the place name pronunciations.

All in all it’s a triumph,

A tale like no other

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Absolutely brilliant. Loved the detail. Totally engaging and engrossing. Great voice performance add to the intensity. Loved it.

Brilliant

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I listened to this book after watching the film. I am glad I did it that way. The story has layers in it that the film has left out and so I could enjoy both. Well narrated and voiced.

A rip roaring story

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really liked this, good characters and narrators. looking forward to watching the film now!

entertaining!

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