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Beloved lesbian author (Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit) Jeanette Winterson’s latest novel Frankissstein is a retelling of both Mary Shelley’s classic monster tale Frankenstein and of its creation. Frankissstein bounces through time, paralleling a retelling of the moment Shelley brings her story to life in 1816 with a tale from a post-Brexit Britain in which a scientist attempts to reanimate human body parts.

Winterson is also examining the creative process of writing and its

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