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Lanark : A Life in Four Books - Alasdair Gray

Lanark

A Life in Four Books

By: Alasdair Gray, William Boyd (Introduction by)

Paperback | 23 November 2016

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This cornerstone epic is now available as a beautiful Canon with an introduction by William Boyd.

'Probably the greatest novel of the century' Observer

Lanark, a modern vision of hell, is set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, and tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination and wide range, its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion to go on trying. First published in 1981, Lanark immediately established Gray as one of Britain's leading writers.

About the Author

Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, Alasdair Gray has published twenty books, most of them novels and short stories. In his own words, 'Alasdair Gray is a fat, spectacled, balding, increasingly old Glaswegian pedestrian who has mainly lived by writing and designing books, most of them fiction.'
Industry Reviews
I was absolutely knocked out by Lanark. I think it's the best in Scottish literature this century -- Iain Banks

Probably the greatest novel of the century ... it marked the beginning of a new era -- James Campbell * Observer

It was time Scotland produced a shattering work of fiction in the modern idiom. This is it ... [Gray is] the best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- Anthony Burgess

When dawn comes up and retires in dismay, we find ourselves in the presence of an overpowering surreal imagination. A saga of a city where reality is about as reliable as a Salvador Dali watch -- Brian Aldiss

A quite extraordinary achievement, the most remarkable thing in Scottish fiction for a very long time. It has changed the landscape -- Allan Massie The Scotsman

Undoubtedly the best work of fiction written by a Scottish author for decades * Time Out

Remarkable... Lanark is a work of loving and vivid imagination, yielding copious riches -- William Boyd * Times Literary Supplement

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