Anthony Burgess
"The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott"
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
The List Festival Guide 9-15th August 2001
"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to hail Alasdair Gray as one of Scotlands greatest living novelists."
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Anthony Burgess
'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott'
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
New Statesman and Society
'A marvellous, endearing book ... a virtuoso feat of literary ventriloquism'
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
New York Times Book Review
'Witty and delightfully written'
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Publishers Weekly
'This work of inspired lunacy effectively skewers class snobbery, British imperialism, prudishness and the tenets of received wisdom'
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Product Description
Set in and around Glasgow and the Mediterranean of the early 1880s, this novel describes the triangle of affection between two doctors and a clever woman who has been created - not born - at the age of 25. The author's other novels include "The Fall of Kelvin Walker" and "Something Leather".
About the Author
Alasdair Gray is the author of, among other things, the Whitbread and Guardian Prize-winning novel Poor Things and the story-collection Ten Tales Tall and True.
