![]() ![]() In 1992 ‘Poor Things’ received both the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Prize and, the long awaited, ‘The Book of Prefaces’ looks set to be a classic. Since the arrival of his first novel ‘Lanark’ in 1981 he has been recognised as an important and accomplished writer by the literary world and has continued to produce highly acclaimed works. October, 2019Īlasdair Gray has an impressive record of achievement in the world of literature. Making Imagined Objects, Second Alasdair Gray Conference, 16 – 17 June, 2022Īlasdair Gray never ceases to amaze – Purgatory now on sale in bookshops. A genius and delightful man – what a terrible loss. ![]() He praised the book with his usual generosity and read Micheal Norton’s story ‘Big Toe’ the whole way through, while I sat with him. He showed me the cover for Purgatory, which was just going on sale and I gave him a copy of our Ten Writes Telling Lies. I’m so happy that in October, after chatting on the phone, Alasdair invited me along to his West End flat. Sadly Alasdair Gray died today, Sunday 29 December, 2019. ![]()
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