Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Alasdair Gray
Born: December 28, 1934
Died: December 29, 2019 (aged 85)
Bio: Alasdair Gray was a Scottish writer and artist. His most acclaimed work is his first novel, Lanark, published in 1981 and written over a period of almost 30 years.
Known for:
- Lanark: A Life in Four Books (1981)
- Poor Things (1992)
- 1982, Janine (1984)
- The Book of Prefaces
- Unlikely stories, mostly (1951)