The Daughter of Doctor Moreau av Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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<p><font><b>From the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Mexican Gothic</i> and <i>Velvet Was the Night</i> comes a dreamy reimagining of <i>The Island of Doctor Moreau </i>set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.</b></font><br><br><font><b>''The deeply atmospheric novel blends horror, science fiction, and historical events'' <i>Time, 100 ''Must Read Books of 2022''</i></b></font><br><br>Carlota Moreau: growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatan peninsula, she is the only daughter of an eccentric, and dangerous, genius. His experiments, a motley group of hybrid monstrosities, are blindly loyal to their creator.<br><br>Into Carlota''s strange but perfectly balanced world comes Eduardo Lizalde, the charming, careless son of Doctor Moreau''s patrons. In the sweltering heat of the jungle, amidst her father''s secrets and her own awakening feelings, Carlota will begin asking questions that could