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Something Leather (Picador Books) (Paperback)

by Alasdair Gray (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New Ed edition (23 Aug 1991)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330319442
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330319447
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 1.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 224,717 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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".

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4.0 out of 5 stars Strange cross-genre novel, 4 Oct 2002
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Within a framing device of a pornographic fantasy (a quartet of women involved in a lesbian sadomasochistic orgy) this novel comprises vignettes of people across the social and political spectrum of Glasgow. It particularly concentrates on believable portraits, presented in complex intercut form, of the lives and relationships of the women that led to this scenario. As another reviewer comments, none of the characters are very sympathetic. Gray's women are cynical and cold, his men ineffectual and given to political lectures. Nevertheless, this is a very readable novel with interesting characterisation, particularly of Harriet, the autistic artist whose strange mindset stems from abuse as a child.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed masterpiece, 15 Dec 2000
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Nice social observation and class-divide comedy, and the convoluted time-jumps of the plot reward repeated reading. Gray's illustrations and calligraphy, reminiscent of Eric Gill's work, make one wish that the whole thing could be handwritten.

The characters, however, are unconvincing. We are never quite sure of their motivation, and they are almost universally unsympathetic.

Nevertheless, a curio worth seeking out.

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