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1982, Janineby Alasdair GrayISBN 0224020943 (0-224-02094-3)
Hardcover, Random House
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A History Makerby Alasdair GrayISBN 0156003627 (0-15-600362-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History Maker'Book summary:In the 23rd century, the Public Eye, a television-like device that lets everyone see what everyone else is doing, has turned warfare into a spectator sport. One of particular interest involves the Scottish border regions' fight with the English. Wat Dryhope, leader of the Ettrick clan, pretends to surrender his clan's standard during a climactic battle, only to resume attack and win a draw. The trick gives him heroic standing and revolutionizes the rules of battle, setting off a global change in human combat. Though he seeks a more peaceful existence for his people, Dryhope's performance in warfare makes him the "history maker" of the novel's title. [via]
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis Stevenson, Donald McFarlan, Alasdair GrayISBN 0141441798 (0-14-144179-8)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped" is at once a rollicking adventure story and an earnest political allegory. This "Penguin Classics" edition is edited with an introduction and notes by Donald McFarlan and a foreword by Alasdair Gray. Orphaned and penniless, David Balfour sets out to find his last living relative, miserly and reclusive Uncle Ebenezer. But Ebenezer is far from welcoming, and David narrowly escapes being murdered before he is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship bound for the Carolinas. When the ship is wrecked, David, along with the fiery rebel Alan Breck, makes his way back across the treacherous Highland terrain on a quest for justice. Through his powerful depiction of the two very different central characters - the romantic Breck and the rational Whig David - Stevenson dramatized a conflict at the heart of Scottish culture in the aftermath of the Jacobite rebellion, as well as creating an unforgettable adventure story. This new edition includes a foreword by Alasdair Gray discussing Stevenson's life and literary career and how he came to write "Kidnapped". In his introduction, Donald McFarlan considers the novel's realism and a depiction of Scotland. This volume also includes a historical note, a map, notes, new further reading and a glossary. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh, the son of a prosperous civil engineer. Although he began his career as an essayist and travel writer, the success of "Treasure Island" (1883) and "Kidnapped" (1886) established his reputation as a writer of tales of action and adventure. Stevenson's Calvinist upbringing lent him a preoccupation with predestination and a fascination with the presence of evil, themes he explored in "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886), and "The Master of Ballantrae" (1893). If you enjoyed "Kidnapped", you might like Jack London's "The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories", also available in "Penguin Classics". [via]
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Lanarkby Alasdair GrayISBN 0060908629 (0-06-090862-9)
Softcover, Harper & Row
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lanark'Book summary:Written under the influence of World War II, the British welfare state, the Scottish education system, Poe, Carroll, Joyce, Kafka, Pinocchio, and the Bible, this cult classic paints a surreal portrait of the modern world. "It should be widely read" (New York Times). Illustrated by the Author.[via]
Lanark: A Life in Four Booksby Alasdair GrayISBN 0586055495 (0-586-05549-5)
Softcover, Granada Publishing, Limited
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Lean Talesby James Kelman, Agnes Owens, Alasdair GrayISBN 0099585413 (0-09-958541-3)
Softcover, Random House
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Lean Tales: James Kelman, Agnes Owens, Alasdair Grayby Alasdair Gray , James Kelman, Agnes OwensISBN 0224022628 (0-224-02262-8)
Hardcover, Cape
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Mavis Belfrageby Alasdair GrayISBN 0747530890 (0-7475-3089-0)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mavis Belfrage'Book summary:A collection of stories that describe painful kinds of education, the title story describing how an uninhibited woman educates a prim Scottish lecturer. [via]
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Mavis Belfrage: A Romantic Tale with Five Shorter Talesby Alasdair GrayISBN 0747525064 (0-7475-2506-4)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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Old Negativesby Alasdair GrayISBN 0224026569 (0-224-02656-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Old Negatives: Four Verse Sequencesby Alasdair GrayISBN 0224023047 (0-224-02304-7)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Poor Thingsby Alasdair GrayISBN 0747512469 (0-7475-1246-9)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officerby Alasdair GrayISBN 0156000687 (0-15-600068-7)
Softcover, Thomson Learning EMEA, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D., Scottish Public Health Officer'Book summary:The full title of this work, Poor Things: Episodes from the Early Life of Archibald McCandless M.D. Scottish Public Health Officer, reflect a bit of wacky genius at work here. Someone named Alasdair Gray has found a memoir supposedly of a 19th-century public health officer in Glasgow. The truth of the memoir is suspect, nevertheless Gray manages to change it and then lose it. And that's just the backdrop. Inside the memoir is the story of McCandless, an acquaintance named Godwyn Bysshe Baxter who takes a suicide victim, gives her the brain of her unborn child to create a promiscuous and brutal girlfriend. The book, which won the 1992 Guardian Fiction Prize, takes off from there. [via]
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Something Leatherby Alasdair GrayISBN 0224026275 (0-224-02627-5)
Hardcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Something Leather'Book summary:The loves and lives of June, Senga and Donalda are told in this book which covers the period 1963 to 1990. Also featured are unhappy children, a liberal headmistress, a tobacconist's family, a commercial traveller, a lighthouse keeper and a pimp. From the author of "Lanark". [via]
Ten Tales Tall & True: Social Realism, Sexual Comedy, Science Fiction, and Satireby Alasdair Gray , Diane SterlingISBN 0156001969 (0-15-600196-9)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Ten Tales Tall and Trueby Alasdair GrayISBN 0747512477 (0-7475-1247-7)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Unlikely Stories, Mostlyby Alasdair GrayISBN 0140069259 (0-14-006925-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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