Title: Poor things
Subtitle: episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish public health officer
First published: 1992
Description: A fantasy novel, presented as a discovered a manuscript, set in the nineteenth century. Frankenstein-like tale. Whitbread Novel Award, 1992.
Subjects: Fiction, Physicians, Scotland, fiction, Physicians, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, History, Man-woman relationships, English literature
Places: Glasgow, Glasgow (Scotland), Scotland
Time periods: nineteenth century