Lanark
Ratings12
Average rating4.1
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Ratings12
Average rating4.1
Lanark, a modern vision of hell set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank and Glasgow, tells the interwoven stories of Lanark and Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary, playful imagination, it conveys a profound message, both personal and political, about humankind's inability to love, and yet our compulsion is to go on trying. First published in 1981, Lanark immediately established Gray as one of Britain's leading writers, compared with - among others - Dante, Blake, Joyce, Orwell, Kafka, Huxley and Lewis Carroll. This new edition includes an introduction by William Boyd as well as the author's fascinating addendum, the 'Tailpiece' (2001).
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Sometimes really good and sometimes infuriating and boring. The main character has a tendency to be the most insufferable incel freak loser I've ever seen in a book but manages to still have his likable moments. I preferred the books that took place in Unthank, especially book 3.
