Lanark a modern vision of hell is set in the disintegrating cities of Unthank & Glasgow & tells the interwoven stories of Lanark & Duncan Thaw. A work of extraordinary imagination & wide range its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message both personal & political about humankind's inability to love & yet our compulsion to go on trying. Widely recognised as a modern classic Alasdair Gray's magnum opus was first published in 1981 & immediately established him as one of Britain's leading writers. Comparisons have been made to Dante Blake Joyce Orwell Kafka Huxley & Lewis Carroll. This timely new edition should cement his reputation as one of our greatest living writers.