History Maker - Softcover

Alasdair Gray

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014024803X ISBN 13: 9780140248036

Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade, 1995

Synopsis

A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the Ettrick Forest in the 23rd century. Wat Dryhope, son of the Ettrick chief, is unhappy with his clan's violent and permissive lifestyle. Only when challenged by the seductive Delilah Puddock does he learn to embrace the traditional values.

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Review:

A fantasy novel of border warfare -- military and erotic -- in Scotland's Ettrick Forest in the 23rd century A.D. Gray's writing style is highly unique and refreshing, and his insights into ways of being are eye-opening.

From the Back Cover:

A HISTORY MAKER

'Fantasist, realist, parodist, postmodernist . . . Alasdair Gray has become no mean literary history maker himself.' Scotsman

This is the memoir of Wat Dryhope, son of Ettrick Forest's Twenty-third Century Chieftain. History has ended, households are ruled by women, and war is a regulated game only played by men. But Wat the History Make is sick of the old rules and when a woman, Delilah Puddock, interfere, this utopian world is terribly endangered. Th book has been designed and illustrated by the author.

'Very entertaining indeed.' TLS
'I would sit around the campfire and listen to Gray's tales any night.' The Times
'A History Maker is in a field of its own.' GQ

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Putnam~trade
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 014024803X
• ISBN 13: 9780140248036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240