McGrotty and Ludmilla
- 18 Feb 2021
- 9781838853877
- £9.99
- 128 pp
- 129×198mm
- 18 Feb 2021
- 9781838853884
- £7.99
- 128 pp
In a few words
A fantastical comedy from the irreplaceable Alasdair Gray
In a few words
A fantastical comedy from the irreplaceable Alasdair Gray
A necessary genius
Ali Smith
One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times
Nicola Sturgeon
A necessary genius
Ali Smith
One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times
Nicola Sturgeon
More about
the book
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?
More about
the book
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?
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake
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
Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake
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
Alasdair Gray
View profileBorn in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.
Alasdair Gray
View profileBorn in 1934, Alasdair Gray graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when Lanark was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, A Life in Pictures. In November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society. He died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.
