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Set in and around Glasgow and the Mediterranean of the early 1880s, this novel describes the triangle of affection between two doctors and a clever woman who has been created - not born - at the age of 25. The author's other novels include "The Fall of Kelvin Walker" and "Something Leather".
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About the Author
ALASDAIR GRAY won the the Whitbread and Guardian Awards for Poor Things. He is also the author of The Book of Prefaces, the story-collection Ten Tales Tall and True, and the groundbreaking modern classic Lanark.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0747512469
- ISBN 13 9780747512462
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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