castle of illusion

Poor Things is a remarkable piece of work. Presented as the memoir of a Scottish doctor, Archibald McCandless, it describes his life and that of a colleague — the brilliant Godwin Baxter. A not-quite-Dr. Frankenstein, Baxter performs medical marvels. His greatest achievement is the creation of life: he brings to life a dead woman by transplanting the brain of the foetus she is carrying. The full-grown woman with the infant’s mind, named Bella (later taking the name Victoria) is a remarkable creature.