{"product_id":"mcgrotty-and-ludmilla-9781838853877","title":"McGrotty and Ludmilla","description":"\u003cp\u003eMungo McGrotty's career in Whitehall is going nowhere. But when he finds the mysterious (and deadly) Harbinger Report, he realises he can blackmail his way to the very top. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis twisted Grayian retelling of the Aladdin story under the Thatcher regime sees our hero rise from pawn to power. But at what cost?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1934, \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Pictures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495076073746,"sku":"9781838853877","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a02f516a-caaf-4785-819b-8e3da4ce7341.jpg?v=1730671728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mcgrotty-and-ludmilla-9781838853877","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}