Poor Things Paperback – Big Book, 17 January 2002

I’m really enjoying this book and lovely illustrations.

Beautiful book kept in amazing condition

Very well written political novel , with lots of intertexual references to other Scottish novels, history & culture ; wrapped up in a reasonable ,but deliberately derivative, plot.

Certainly worth the time -- quirky, funny, poignant, thought-provoking.Too many references to "socialism" as a good thing -- distracted from the other elements of the book. But can be ignored in the context of an otherwise outstanding read.

I enjoyed Poor Things very much. Alasdair Gray has a great skill for writing from/for the female perspective. His recurrent theme of women's independence can be seen in both Lanark and 1982, Janine; both of which are better books than this one. But I shouldn't hold Gray's prolificness against this book, so it still gets 4 stars. Fans of Gray will enjoy this novel, but I wouldn't recommend this to first-time Gray readers. Sure, it's not as weird* as the other two books I named, and in that regard might be a bit more accessible to some, but more importantly it lacks the power of those two books (Lanark and 1982, Janine).What we have here is another excellent book by one of the greatest living authors. It's good to see this book winning some awards and getting Gray (some of) the recognition he deserves.*this book is still pretty weird.