A History Maker - Hardcover

Gray, Alasdair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 015100207X ISBN 13: 9780151002078

Publisher: Harvest Books, 1996

Synopsis

A science fiction yarn, set in Scotland's Ettrick Forest in the 23rd century, from a fat, old asthmatic novelist from Glasgow. Includes b&w illustrations. Paper edition (unseen), $14.00. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review:

In the 23rd century, the Public Eye, a television-like device that lets everyone see what everyone else is doing, has turned warfare into a spectator sport. One of particular interest involves the Scottish border regions' fight with the English. Wat Dryhope, leader of the Ettrick clan, pretends to surrender his clan's standard during a climactic battle, only to resume attack and win a draw. The trick gives him heroic standing and revolutionizes the rules of battle, setting off a global change in human combat. Though he seeks a more peaceful existence for his people, Dryhope's performance in warfare makes him the "history maker" of the novel's title.

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: Harvest Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 015100207X
• ISBN 13: 9780151002078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240