{"product_id":"poor-things-film-cover","title":"Poor Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS, FIVE BAFTAS, and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSTARRING EMMA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF \u003ci\u003eTHE FAVOURITE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003ci\u003eA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.\u003c\/i\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 . . .But what does Bella think?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.\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Visionary, ornate and outrageous'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty and delightfully written'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eA brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott'\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Burgess\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","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43583521095877,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Poor_20Things.jpg?v=1716637289","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/poor-things-film-cover","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}