Something Leather
by Alasdair Gray
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'Something Leather' is about the love-lives of June, Seng, Donalda and a distant cousin of a queen from 1963 to 1990. Also in it are unhappy children, a dangerously liberal headmistress, a tobacconist's family, a student, a night-watchman, pimp, businessman, boilerman, policeman, e-serviceman, and others.Tags
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Combining what he calls “the amenities of a novel with the variety of a story collection,” Scottish author Gray presents a witty, if uneven, tale of four women brought together by “something leather.” Gray uses the somewhat contrived plot as an excuse to get in a great many telling digs at contemporary politics, art, education, and society. But the sum, unfortunately, is not equal to show more the often very good parts. show less
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Alasdair James Gray was born on Dec. 28, 1934, in Glasgow to Amy (Fleming) and Alexander Gray. His mother worked in a clothing warehouse, his father in construction. Mr. Gray studied design and mural painting at the Glasgow College of Art. When he graduated in 1957, he was commissioned to paint murals around Glasgow, which he continued to create show more until 2014. He worked on freelance projects and also wrote plays before publishing his first novel. Whether he was creating etchings for his books or a mural to adorn the ceiling of the Glasgow arts and entertainment venue Oran Mor, Mr. Gray created an unusual niche for himself encompassing Scotland's literary and artistic spheres. While his murals can be found at subway stops and restaurants in Glasgow, some of his works are in the collection of the National Galleries of Scotland. In addition to writing fiction, poems and plays for the stage, television and radio Mr. Gray published an autobiography, A Life in Pictures, in 2010. It combined photos, written descriptions and lavish illustrations to reveal that much of Mr. Gray's personal life was embedded in his work. Alasdair James Gray passed away on December 29, 2019 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Something Leather
- Original publication date
- 1990
- Important places
- 221B Baker Street, London, England, UK
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- 5 — Czech, English, German, Spanish, Swedish
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