Poor things
episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish public health officer
About this book
A fantasy novel, presented as a discovered a manuscript, set in the nineteenth century. Frankenstein-like tale. Whitbread Novel Award, 1992.
Subjects
- english literature
- fiction
- fiction, historical, general
- history
- man-woman relationships
- physicians
- physicians, fiction
- satire
- scotland, fiction