Undoubtedly the best work of fiction written by a Scottish author for decades A saga of a city where reality is about as reliable as a Salvador Dali watchīrian Aldiss A quite extraordinary achievement, the most remarkable thing in Scottish fiction for a very long time. the best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter ScottĪnthony Burgess When dawn comes up and retires in dismay, we find ourselves in the presence of an overpowering surreal imagination. It was time Scotland produced a shattering work of fiction in the. Iain Banks Probably the greatest novel of the century. I think it's the best in Scottish literature this century Read more immediately established Gray as one of Britain's leading writers. 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. A work of loving and vivid imagination, yielding copious riches' WILLIAM BOYD 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. 'Probably the greatest novel of the century' Observer 'Remarkable. 'The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' ANTHONY BURGESS This cornerstone epic is now available as a beautiful canon with an introduction by William Boyd Series: Canons. Description for Lanark: A Life in Four Books (The Canons) Paperback.
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