Anatomy

By Dana Schwartz,

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Book description

'Dana Schwartz is one of the brightest of the next generation of young writers' NEIL GAIMAN

Edinburgh, 1817.

Hazel Sinnett is a lady who wants to be a surgeon more than she wants to marry.

Jack Currer is a resurrection man who's just trying to survive in a city where…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Anatomy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Easily the goriest of my choices, Schwartz’s story offers readers a bit of everything.

It is a historically set mystery with a bit of gruesome science fiction woven in. Throw in a bit of grave-robbing and a lot of dissection in the name of science, and you have a gothic tale reminiscent of Mary Shelley that explores the challenges of a female scientist fighting to be accepted in world that refuses to permit women to become surgeons.

It manages to be both disturbing and endearing, and a story so well-told that you won’t want to put it down.

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