![]() ![]() “‘The Daughter of Doctor Moreau’ shifts the readers’ gaze to those often marginalized or completely ignored in literature and history - whether they be an independent-minded daughter absent from the original story, Doctor Moreau’s hybrid creatures or those Mayan rebels in 1870s Mexico.” “Unlike them, she is much more fully attuned to those long left out of such conversations (and books),” says Times reviewer Paula L. In the tradition of Wells and other early science-fiction writers, Moreno-Garcia also explores social upheaval in her work, but with probing, contemporary questions about fairness and equality. Wells classic relocated to the rainforests of the Yucatan Peninsula. Like her previous bestsellers, the story is a glorious mash-up of genres, a shapeshifting, atmospheric, historical science fiction novel. This month we’re escaping to a remote Caribbean outpost with “The Daughter of Doctor Moreau,” the new thriller from Silvia Moreno-Garcia. ![]()
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