Book description
Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of
Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan
Thaw. A work of extraordinary, playful imagination, it conveys a
profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's
inability to love, and yet our compulsion is to go on trying. First
published in 1981, Lanark immediately established Gray as one of
Britain's leading writers, compared with - among others - Dante, Blake,
Joyce, Orwell, Kafka, Huxley and Lewis Carroll. This new edition
includes an introduction by William Boyd as well as the author's
fascinating addendum, the 'Tailpiece' (2001).
