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A review by reallivejim
Lanark: A Life in 4 Books by Alasdair Gray
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.5
Wanted to love this even more and really thought I would, but ultimately this one let me down a bit by diluting its emotional impact with overwrought cleverness. Alas, this disappointment is relative—midway through, I thought I was perhaps amidst one of my absolute all-timers, but upon finishing it up, I realized it was simply great.
“Man is the pie which bakes and eats itself.”
“Man is the pie which bakes and eats itself.”