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Alasdair Gray 'Lanark'

Anyone else read this? It's probably the best bit of fiction i've read in a long, long time.



  • Yes

    It's fantastic. Crazy, but marvellous. I've not read any of his other stuff yet, but I'd like to...

  • It's incredible

    First book I read for book club. In my top 10 novels of all time.

    • are you coming to the next one?

      • If I get the book in time

        then yes. It's the 26th isn't it? Please tell me you are going.

  • to actually reply to the question

    Yes, it's fantastic. Although I don't know if I'm unusual in havimng preferred Duncan Thaw's story (Books 1 and 2) to the admittedly very entertaining sci-fi/postmodern elements.

    • I preferred the second section

      because I found the coming-of-age aspect quite dull. Even though the other two (?) books were set in parallel worlds to the 'normal one' of books 1&2.

    • I much preferred those books too

      as seemingly did most of Book Club.
      But yes I totally loved the book.

    • yeah, it kind of tailed off in the end

      I liked the real life stuff best, especially when he paints the church.

  • started it and not finished it.

    in fact i shall restart it tomorrow morning :)

  • yes

    it is my most loved and thus most read book

    • and you actually live in Glasgow too

      I would like to have lived in Glasgow and then read this book.