{"product_id":"poor-things-film-tie-in","title":"Poor Things Film Tie In","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS, FIVE BAFTAS, and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e STARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FAVOURITE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGodwin 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut what does Bella think?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e London Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Visionary, ornate and outrageous'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Witty and delightfully written'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eA brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott'' \u003c\/b\u003eAnthony Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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''\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Hensher, \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394260377982,"sku":"NW9781526657886","price":9.72,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526657886.jpg?v=1778678928","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/poor-things-film-tie-in","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}