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  • Paperback: 317 pages
  • Publisher: Thomson Learning; 1st Harvest Ed edition (Mar 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0156000687
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156000680
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 148,253 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Anthony Burgess

"The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

The List Festival Guide 9-15th August 2001

"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to hail Alasdair Gray as one of Scotlands greatest living novelists." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and intelligent text, 8 May 2000
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Fascinating, intelligent and entertaining. These are just some of the conclusions that I have come to in the year since I first read Poor Things. Is Baxter a man or a creation himself?Why does he have such bizarre eating habits? Similarly, is Bella quite the woman she believes herself to be? What happened to her daughter? Why can she not write using vowels? How does she learn to relate to the world around her? This is a very clever re-write of Shelly's Frankenstein, itself a text that is very concerned with issues of language and how we aquire it.That, however, is not all it is. It's also a really good romp around such key areas of examination such as class divide,feminist issues and Empire in the Victorian world of the Industrial Revolution .You be the detective sifting through the authors 'found' collection of journals and letters ( a classic Victorian writing device). Enjoy the artwork and take time afterwards to ponder what you have read. How can you ignore a novel in which the main female character (Bella) turns a noted philanderer into a Bible-bashing lunatic as a result of her insatiable nymphomania? I'm still thinking about what I've read and that doesn't happen often with me. A modern classic!
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3 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Quality writing, exceptional visual presentation, 14 May 2000
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As usual with Gray, the design is superlative.
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4 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Yuck!, 28 April 2000
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Highly pretentious! A ridiculously stupid main character set within an even stupider plot! This novel takes itself too seriously from cover to cover (and, indeed, even the cover illustration is ludicrous). Its would-be originality is overshadowed by the fact that the plot and the meaning are in their hundreth reincarnation. Its sinister carefreeness and disturbing images all attempt and fail what Huxley so elegantly communicated to us the good part of a century ago. Save your time -- it is a big book!
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