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Mungo McGrotty's career in Whitehall is going nowhere. But when he finds the mysterious (and deadly) Harbinger Report, he realises he can blackmail his way to the very top.

This twisted Grayian retelling of the Aladdin story under the Thatcher regime sees our hero rise from pawn to power. But at what cost?



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A necessary genius -- ALI SMITH
One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times -- NICOLA STURGEON
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake * * Observer * *
The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- ANTHONY BURGESS
One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language -- IRVINE WELSH
Gray transformed our expectations of what Scottish literature could be -- VAL McDERMID

McGrotty and Ludmilla

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      Publisher: Canongate Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/02/2021
      ISBN13: 9781838853877, 978-1838853877
      ISBN10: 1838853871
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Mungo McGrotty's career in Whitehall is going nowhere. But when he finds the mysterious (and deadly) Harbinger Report, he realises he can blackmail his way to the very top.

      This twisted Grayian retelling of the Aladdin story under the Thatcher regime sees our hero rise from pawn to power. But at what cost?



      Trade Review
      A necessary genius -- ALI SMITH
      One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times -- NICOLA STURGEON
      Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake * * Observer * *
      The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott -- ANTHONY BURGESS
      One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language -- IRVINE WELSH
      Gray transformed our expectations of what Scottish literature could be -- VAL McDERMID

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