NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING MA STONE, FROM THE DIRECTOR OFTHE FAVOURITE,YORGOS LANTHIMOSbruWinner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction PrizeupA life without freedom to choose is not worth having.brbrGodwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in aFrankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation...brbrBut what does Bella think?brbrThis story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.p'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book'London Review of Booksbrbr'Visionary, ornate and outrageous'trongThe Independentbrbr'Witty and delightfully written'New York Timesbrbr'A brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.'Kirkus Reviewsbrbr'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott'Anthony Burgessbr