WINNER OF FOUR ACADEMY AWARDS FIVE BAFTAS and TWO GOLDEN GLOBES. STARRING EMMA STONE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FAVOURITEWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction PrizeA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.Godwin Baxters 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 Frankensteinesque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandlesss jealous love for his creation . . .But what does Bella thinkThis story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operatingtheatres of lateVictorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos lowlife Alexandria and a Parisian bordello reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.A magnificently brisk funny dirty brainy book London Review of BooksVisionary ornate and outrageous The IndependentWitty and delightfully written New York TimesA brilliant marriage of technique intelligence and art. Kirkus ReviewsThe greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott Anthony BurgessThose who like me are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not ought to fall on Poor Things with delight and not just because of the almost excessive beauty of its appearance Philip Hensher Spectator