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Lanark

Lanark

by Alasdair Gray

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#585

3.0 (1 reviews)
Pages
560

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

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kherb35

Dec 5th, 2013

Incredibly creative and a startling insight into the workings of the world. I loved this book.

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