{"product_id":"unlikely-stories-mostly-paperback","title":"Unlikely Stories, Mostly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlasdair Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699526242367,"sku":"9781838852733","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9a86b958308457ac54ffc9131cc2a9bd.webp?v=1765013596","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/unlikely-stories-mostly-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}