The Fall of Kelvin Walker by Alasdair Gray
From the genius of Scottish letters, a satire of religion, the media and London
Bawdy and exuberant * * Guardian * *
A parable, a romp and, as I found, a one-compulsive-sitting read -- MELVYN BRAGG
A necessary genius -- ALI SMITH
One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times -- NICOLA STURGEON
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake * * Observer * *
The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- ANTHONY BURGESS
One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language -- IRVINE WELSH
Gray transformed our expectations of what Scottish literature could be -- VAL McDERMID
A parable, a romp and, as I found, a one-compulsive-sitting read -- MELVYN BRAGG
A necessary genius -- ALI SMITH
One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times -- NICOLA STURGEON
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake * * Observer * *
The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- ANTHONY BURGESS
One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language -- IRVINE WELSH
Gray transformed our expectations of what Scottish literature could be -- VAL McDERMID
Born in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781838853853 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838853855 |
| Title | The Fall of Kelvin Walker |
| Author | Alasdair Gray |
| Series | Canons |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2021-02-18 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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