Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 1951-2012

Description

Sixty four short tales from Gray's earlier books are here joined with ten new stories, with illustrations and information to amuse curious readers.

Since 1981, when Alasdair Gray's first novel (Lanark: A Life in Four Books) was published by Canongate, he 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.'

* Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake. Observer * A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today. -- Will Self * One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language. -- Irvine Welsh * A necessary genius. -- Ali Smith * A genuine experimentalist. -- David Lodge * Alasdair Gray's Every Short Story is an exhaustive anthology of a reliably unreliable storyteller Telegraph * A typically compendious, inspiring, infuriating gallimaufry of [Gray's] short form prose...he is indeed a National Treasure -- Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday * Gray is a genius, a born storyteller whether at a visionary or a more down-to-earth level; even the poorest of the stories contains something intriguing or funny -- Theo Tate Guardian * Reading every short story he has ever written is consistently entertaining. This book is exhaustive, but never exhausting Sunday Telegraph * Gray's direct style means even the oldest piece here still feels vital; it's a treat for fans and excellent for newcomers -- Anthony Cummins Metro