Lanark: A Life in Four Books -- Alasdair Gray

<p>'Probably the <b>greatest novel of the century</b>' <i><b>Observer</b></i></p><p>'<b>Remarkable</b> . . . A work of loving and<b> vivid imagination</b>, yielding copious riches' <b>WILLIAM BOYD</b></p><p> <i>Lanark</i>, 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. </p><p> First published in 1981, Lanark immediately established Gray as one of Britain's leading writers.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Alasdair Gray<br><b>Publisher:</b> Canongate Books<br><b>Published:</b> 10/03/2017<br><b>Pages:</b> 592<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.90lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.40d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781782117148<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Since 1981, when <i>Lanark</i> was published by Canongate, <b>Alasdair Gray</b> 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.'</p>