id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7731 Lanark: A Life in Four Books - Wikipedia .html text/html 1640 176 72 Lanark: A Life in Four Books Wikipedia Book by Alasdair Gray Lanark, subtitled A Life in Four Books, is the first novel of Scottish writer Alasdair Gray. The connection between the two narratives is ambiguous; Gray said that "One is a highly exaggerated form of just about the everyday reality of the other"[5] (for example, Thaw's eczema is mirrored by Lanark's skin disease 'dragonhide'). Gray said Glasgow Cathedral was the only location he purposefully visited to make notes about during the writing of the novel; all other locations he wrote about from memory.[7] "BBC Scotland Alasdair Gray: Lanark at 30". "Lanark by Alasdair Gray". External links[edit] Wikiquote has quotations related to: Lanark: A Life in Four Books BBC Scotland: Lanark at 30 Alasdair Gray talking about the inspiration behind Lanark Lanark 1982 Unofficial Alasdair Gray site Works by Alasdair Gray Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lanark:_A_Life_in_Four_Books&oldid=999098350" Novels by Alasdair Gray ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7731.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7731.txt