Poor things : episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer
2002
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What strange secret made rich, beautiful, tempestuous Bella Baxter irresistible to the poor Scottish medical student Archie McCandless? Was it her mysterious origin in the home of his monstrous friend Godwin Baxter, the genius whose voice could perforateeardrums?.
Main title:
Poor things : episodes from the early life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer / edited by Alasdair Gray.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2002.
Collation:
xvi, 317 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1992.
Awards:
Whitbread Novel Award; Guardian Fiction Prize
ISBN:
07475622889780747562283
Dewey class:
823.9'14F
Language:
English
BRN:
334063
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