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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.

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Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 19512012

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      Publisher Canongate Books
      Published 2 April 2015
      ISBN-13 9780857865618
      978-0857865618
      ISBN-10 0857865617
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake. * * Observer * *
      A great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today. -- Will Self
      One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language. -- Irvine Welsh
      A necessary genius. -- Ali Smith
      A genuine experimentalist. -- David Lodge

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