Ten Tales Tall and True

Paperback, 176 pages

Published April 19, 2004 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.

ISBN:
978-0-7475-6817-9
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3 stars

Although I regard him as one of my favorite authors, Alasdair Gray doesn't always deliver to me what I expect - or hope for. That's good, since it puts us on some sort of even ground. His job isn't to serve me whatever I feel like reading (which would in essence mean "Lanark") as well as my job isn't to always like or understand what the hell he's doing.

Some of these stories pass me by without me getting the point (or if it's him not getting his point across), while others fit perfectly within my current state of mind. None stands out as a favorite, and I'm not sure I'll return to this book anytime soon. On the other hand, it's a surprisingly and refreshingly political (overtly polictical, that is) collection of short stories that I probably could - each and every one - recommend to various friends.

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Subjects

  • Short stories
  • Fiction