{"product_id":"lanark-a-life-in-four-books-9781782117148","title":"Lanark: A Life in Four Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Probably the \u003cb\u003egreatest novel of the century\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eRemarkable\u003c\/b\u003e . . . A work of loving and\u003cb\u003e vivid imagination\u003c\/b\u003e, yielding copious riches' \u003cb\u003eWILLIAM BOYD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e First published in 1981, Lanark immediately established Gray as one of Britain's leading writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince 1981, when \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Canongate, \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e 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.'\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615314350354,"sku":"9781782117148","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a403ab5f-0cb5-4fac-b0aa-a5fb4725f6c2.jpg?v=1732481712","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lanark-a-life-in-four-books-9781782117148","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}