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Abstract
Alasdair Gray, author of the modern classics Lanark, Poor Things and 1982, Janine, is without doubt Scotland's greatest living novelist. Since trying (unsuccessfully) to buy him a drink in 1998, Rodge Glass, first tutee and then secretary to the author, takes on the role of biographer, charting Gray's life from unpublished and unrecognised son of a box-maker to septuagenarian "little grey deity" (as Will Self has called him). A Jewish Mancunian Boswell to Gray's Johnson, Glass seamlessly weaves a chronological narrative of his subject's life into his own diary of meeting, getting to know and working with the artist, writer and campaigner, to create a vibrant and wonderfully textured portrait of a literary great.
Original language | English |
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Number of pages | 352 |
Publication status | Published - 21 Sep 2009 |
Keywords
- Alasdair Gray
- literature
- Scottish literature
- biography
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Dive into the research topics of 'Alasdair Gray: A Secretary's Biography'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.Prizes
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Scottish Arts Council Award for Nonfiction
Glass, Roger (Recipient), 1 Jun 2009
Prize: Other distinction
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1st International Online Alasdair Gray Symposium
Roger Glass (Organiser)
23 Apr 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of special symposia
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Appearance on live stream of inaugural Gray Day, Canongate Books
Roger Glass (Recipient)
25 Feb 2021Activity: Public Engagement and Other Activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation