{"product_id":"unlikely-stories-mostly-9781838852733","title":"Unlikely Stories, Mostly","description":"\u003cp\u003eA man finds a bald patch on the back of his head that looks curiously like a face, then discovers he's splitting in two. A bored student suggests digging a tunnel into the foundations of the art school. An elderly man is healed by hundreds of tiny people working on repairs inside his own head. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnlikely Stories, Mostly \u003c\/i\u003eis Alasdair Gray's first collection of short stories. Gloriously illustrated, darkly funny, and steeped in myth and fable, they capture Gray's singular imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10440794\"\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canongate Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781838852733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1838852735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1934, \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e graduated in design and mural painting from the Glasgow School of Art. Since 1981, when \u003ci\u003eLanark\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Canongate, he authored, designed and illustrated seven novels, several books of short stories, a collection of his stage, radio and TV plays and a book of his visual art, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Pictures.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn November 2019, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Saltire Society.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHe died in December 2019, aged eighty-five.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42658244821229,"sku":"9781838852733","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_65f5753f-6db6-484a-98d4-187ecd0daf43.jpg?v=1649321219","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/unlikely-stories-mostly-9781838852733","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}