Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 1951-2012

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The first sixteen tales in this collection were published by Canongate in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books, plus sixteen new ones written for the hardback publication of this collection. This last section, Tales Droll and Plausible, shows that Gray's recent twenty-first-century fiction is as uncomfortably funny and up to date as his earliest. ** Review One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language. (Irvine Welsh) A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today. (Will Self) Gray's direct style means even the oldest piece here still feels vital; it's a treat for fans and excellent for newcomers (Anthony Cummins Metro) Gray is a genius, a born storyteller whether at a visionary or a more down-to-earth level; even the poorest of the stories contains something intriguing or funny (Theo Tate Guardian) Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake. (Observer) Alasdair Gray's Every Short Story is an exhaustive anthology of a reliably unreliable storyteller (Telegraph) A typically compendious, inspiring, infuriating gallimaufry of [Gray's] short form prose...he is indeed a National Treasure (Stuart Kelly Scotland on Sunday) A genuine experimentalist. (David Lodge) Reading every short story he has ever written is consistently entertaining. This book is exhaustive, but never exhausting (Sunday Telegraph) A necessary genius. (Ali Smith) Book Description An authoritative collection of Alasdair Gray's stories gathered over the last twenty five years