![]() It begins in 1871 when a new mayodomo, the melancholic Montgomery Laughton, arrives at the isolated jungle home of Doctor Moreau and his solitary daughter Carlota. ![]() ![]() Like so many of Moreno-Garcia’s novels, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a slow-burning story that builds its carefully crafted plot gradually, eking out the tension and suspense. Swapping the original story’s remote Pacific Ocean island setting for the rural Mexican peninsula, it has all the hallmarks readers have come to expect from the Mexican-Canadian author’s works: unnerving undertones, beautifully detailed descriptions, complex characterisation, and lonesome characters who become unexpected heroes. Wells, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s latest book takes place against the backdrop of The Caste War of Yucatán. Loosely inspired by the late 19th century science fiction novel The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. ![]()
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