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      Unlikely Stories, Mostly

      by Alasdair Gray
      Published
      Oct 1984
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      304
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      About This Book

      In this volume of stories and illustrations, the author of Poor Things "perfected the blend of visual and verbal elements [that] characterized his work" (Financial Times).

       


      In "The Crank that Made the Revolution," an enterprising inventor presents the world with his contribution to the Industrial Revolution: an "improved duck." When a man splits in two, it isn't long before his two selves come to blows in "The Spread of Ian Nicol." And a young boy witnesses a shooting star land in his back garden in "The Star." In these and other short stories of the strange and fascinating, Alasdair Gray reaffirms his reputation as one of Scotland's most original and important contemporary writers.


       


      In Unlikely Stories, Mostly, Alasdair Gray combines his surreal and darkly funny stories with original artwork to create a truly unique reading experience. This edition includes a postscript by the author and Douglas Gifford.


       

      "The book is a wonder of ingenuity, a varied and rich collection in which Gray's abilities as a visual artist and illustrator are placed not only beside but within the products of his fertile imagination as a writer." —The Washington Post

       

      "Not since William Blake has a British artist wed pictorial and literary talent to such powerful effect." —Financial Times

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      First Edition Oct 1984 Penguin ISBN13 9780140069259 ISBN10 0140069259
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      May 2003 Canongate U.S. ISBN13 9780862417376 ISBN10 0862417376
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      Apr 2021 Canongate Books ISBN13 9781838852733 ISBN10 1838852735
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      Jul 2010 Canongate Books ISBN13 9781847675026 ISBN10 1847675026
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      Jul 2010 Canongate Books ISBN10 B004V31IFS
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