Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, Alasdair Gray 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.'

Remarkable. . . Lanark is a work of loving and vivid imagination, yielding copious riches--William Boyd "Times Literary Supplement "

Probably the greatest novel of the century . . . it marked the beginning of a new era--James Campbell "Observer "

A quite extraordinary achievement, the most remarkable thing in Scottish fiction for a very long time. It has changed the landscape--Allan Massie "The Scotsman "

When 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 watch--Brian Aldiss

It 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 Scott--Anthony Burgess

I was absolutely knocked out by Lanark. I think it's the best in Scottish literature this century--Iain Banks

Publisher: Canongate Books

Pub date: 2016-09-01

Length: 592 pages