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A great, fascinating work from award winning novelist Alasdair Gray chronicling the history of how literature spread and developed through three British nations and most North American states.

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'A house in Britain that does not have a copy of this book is a house bereft: it will afford you great wisdom in the afternoon and many an enlightened smile after dark' Daily Telegraph 'Superb... eloquent... there is no disputing the enormous knowledge, the sheer love of books that is gathered here' Scotland on Sunday 'He is our nearest contemporary equivalent to Blake, our sweetest-natured screwed-up visionary. Buy the book!' Evening Standard

The Book of Prefaces

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 11/4/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780747559122, 978-0747559122
      ISBN10: 0747559120

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A great, fascinating work from award winning novelist Alasdair Gray chronicling the history of how literature spread and developed through three British nations and most North American states.

      Trade Review
      'A house in Britain that does not have a copy of this book is a house bereft: it will afford you great wisdom in the afternoon and many an enlightened smile after dark' Daily Telegraph 'Superb... eloquent... there is no disputing the enormous knowledge, the sheer love of books that is gathered here' Scotland on Sunday 'He is our nearest contemporary equivalent to Blake, our sweetest-natured screwed-up visionary. Buy the book!' Evening Standard

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