{"product_id":"the-city-of-dr-moreau-paperback","title":"The City of Dr Moreau - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. S. Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visionary new horror novel in the style of Wells' creepiest and most enduring fictions - a future history following the descendants of the Island of Dr Moreau.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn H G Wells' \u003ci\u003eThe Island of Dr Moreau, \u003c\/i\u003e a shipwrecked traveller finds himself alone on an island ruled by a mad doctor and inhabited by creatures who are at once both beast and human. He escapes...but that is only the beginning of the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe City of Dr Moreau\u003c\/i\u003e is a sprawling history of the islanders, and an alternative vision of our own times. Spanning more than a century, criss-crossing across numerous places and many lives, we witness the growth of Moreau's legacy, from gothic experiments to an event which changes the world. From the depths of Victorian London to a boarding house with an inhuman resident to an assassin on a twentieth-century train ordered to kill the one man who knows the truth, we follow secret skirmishes and hidden plots which emerge, eventually and violently, into the open.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eDracula's Child \u003c\/i\u003eand three other critically acclaimed novels: \u003ci\u003e The Somnambulist, The Domino Men \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCannonbridge \u003c\/i\u003e(\"original and monumentally inventive\" - Washington Post). He writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and the Literary Review and is the author of numerous adaptations of classic Victorian novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Man \u003c\/i\u003e(starring John Hurt) and \u003ci\u003eDracula \u003c\/i\u003e(starring Mark Gatiss). He is married and lives on the fringes of London. Last year, he made a pilgrimage to Transylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155913740423,"sku":"9781789095821","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/58a106a7486d96b0a383ca654db92fdf.webp?v=1733239575","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-city-of-dr-moreau-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}