It won the Whitbread Novel Award in 1992 and the Guardian Fiction Prize for 1992. Poor Things is also a bit of a comedy novel, which unrealistic depictions of the characters and their over-the-top personalities. Poor Things – Alasdair Gray. Try Prime EN Hello, Sign in Account & Lists Sign in Account & Lists Orders Try Prime Cart.

He died on Sunday morning at Queen Elizabeth hospital in his native Glasgow The novel was called "a magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book" by the London Review of Books and is a departure from Gray's usual subject-matter of Glasgow realism and fantasy. Read "Poor Things" by Alasdair Gray available from Rakuten Kobo.

Poor Things is a novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, published in 1992. Skip to main content. Alasdair Gray was born in 1934 in Glasgow, where he still lives. Poor Things episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish public health officer by Alasdair Gray. Influential Scottish author and artist Alasdair Gray who wrote novels including Lanark and Poor Things dies aged 85. 10 Want to read; 2 Currently reading; Published 1992 by HBJ. He is the author of Poor Things, Lannark, and 1982 Janine, among other novels and story collections. Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter—a beautiful young erotomaniac brought back to life with the brain of an infant. A painter as well as a writer, Mr. Gray describes himself as "an artist in words and pictures." Poor Things eBook: Alasdair Gray: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store. Alasdair Gray pretends to be the editor of Poor Things, which is a compilation of McCandless's autobiography and other texts. Gray Alasdair.Alasdair Gray Poor Things FOR MY WIFE MORAG TO SHE WHO MAKES MY LIFE WORTH LIVING ~ ~ ~ Dr Archibald McCandless (1862–1911) was born in Whauphill, Galloway, the illegitimate son of a prosperous tenant farmer.

Authors of the stories come from all over Scotland and represent a wide mix of gender, age and cultures.