{"product_id":"every-short-story-by-alasdair-gray-19512012-9780857865618","title":"Every Short Story by Alasdair Gray 19512012","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first sixteen tales in this collection were published by Canongate in 1983 with the title \u003ci\u003eUnlikely Stories, Mostly\u003c\/i\u003e. 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, \u003ci\u003eTales Droll and Plausible\u003c\/i\u003e, shows that Gray''s recent twenty-first-century fiction is as uncomfortably funny and up to date as his earliest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake. *  * Observer *  *\u003cbr\u003eA great writer, perhaps the greatest writer living in Britain today. -- Will Self\u003cbr\u003eOne of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language. -- Irvine Welsh\u003cbr\u003eA necessary genius. -- Ali Smith\u003cbr\u003eA genuine experimentalist. -- David Lodge","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866095300951,"sku":"9780857865618","price":17.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857865618.jpg?v=1722277011","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/every-short-story-by-alasdair-gray-19512012-9780857865618","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}