Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's BiographyGlass plays Boswell to Gray's Johnson in this humorous yet rigorous biography. Glass has used the inventive techniques of Gray's fiction to bear, mixing a chronological narrative of his subject's life with his own diaries of meeting, getting to know and working with the celebrated artist, writer and campaigner. |
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PREFACES | 1 |
MARRIAGE FATHERHOOD FAKE DEMISE | 85 |
LEAN TIMES AND ALMOSTS | 121 |
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