'Probably the greatest novel of the century'Observer'Remarkable'William BoydLanark,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.
Publisher: Canongate BooksISBN: 9781782117148Number of pages: 592Weight: 427 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 33 mmEdition: Main - Canons Edition Re-Issue
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I was absolutely knocked out by Lanark. I think it's the best in Scottish literature this centuryProbably the greatest novel of the century...it marked the beginning of a new eraIt 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 ScottWhen 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 watchA quite extraordinary achievement,the most remarkable thing in Scottish fiction for a very long time. It has changed the landscapeUndoubtedly the best work of fiction written by a Scottish author for decadesRemarkable...Lanark is a work of loving and vivid imagination,yielding copious richesFrom a lesser writer,stygian darkness and baroque structure might see off a mass audience and reduce a book to cult status. In Gray's hands,the simple,direct prose found him a wide readership.Lanark,the first novel and arguably the masterpiece of (Gray) gouges a dwelling place in your imagination and leaves it forever altered...Knocks the socks off almost everything written on this little island in the past fifty years...It increases the scope of fiction's possibilitiesA phantasmagorical mixture of realism and fantasyIn some ways it's even more relevant today. It's such an elaborate work of both fantasy and political satire,a sort of Gulliver's Travels for 20th Century Scotland
Alasdair Gray
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Throughout a glittering career,William Boyd has covered everything from colonial farce to primate research in a series of beautifully-rendered novels. His 1991 debut A Good Man in Africa immediately bagged the Whitbread First Novel Award,a win that has heralded contemporary classics such as the Costa-winning Restless and the literary tour de force that is Any Human Heart.
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