Books by Alasdair Gray

3. Lanark , by Alasdair Gray,  This book is as good as I remember it; I was surprised to see it has only four reviews on U.S. Amazon .  Many critics consider it the best and most creative Scottish novel of the twentieth century and of course it has tinges of science fiction and fantasy.

3. Lanark , by Alasdair Gray,  This book is as good as I remember it; I was surprised to see it has only four reviews on U.S. Amazon .  Many critics consider it the best and most creative Scottish novel of the twentieth century and of course it has tinges of science fiction and fantasy.

Here is a new list from The Guardian (I’ll second the call for Alasdair Gray’s Lanark ).  Here is an only slightly older list from New York magazine , I like David Markson too.