A History Maker

A History Maker

by Alasdair Gray (Author)

Synopsis

A tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the twenty-third century, where the women rule the kingdom and the men play war games. This is the fictional memoir of Wat Dryhope - edited, annotated and commented upon. History has come to an end, war is regulated as if it's all a game. But Wat, the History Maker himself, does not play entirely by the rules, and when a woman, Delilah Puddock, joins the fray, this 'utopian' history is further enlivened. Alasdair Gray cleverly plays with the notion and writing of history, as well as perennial modern debates on war, sexism and society - entertaining and thought-provoking, this is a delightful satire illustrated throughout by the author.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 07 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 1841955760
ISBN 13: 9781841955766

Media Reviews
As ripping yarns masquerading as political/social metaphors go, A History Maker is in a field of its own. * * GQ * *
Fantasist, Realist, Parodist, Postmodernist - in just over a decade Alasdair Gray has become no mean literary history maker himself. * * Scotsman * *
A History Maker sees Gray at his most playful. The reference points are all over the place, just waiting to be unpicked and savoured - from Scott to Orwell to 70s sci-fi classic Rollerball. Gray drags them all together to form a clever, form-bending and brilliant read. * * Big Issue * *
A satire on Utopian fictions . . . Gray's Scottish border fantasy jokes at its own expense all the better to examine the inherent flaws in a future that might work . . . very entertaining indeed. -- Liz Heron * * Times Educational Supplement * *
Author Bio
Alasdair Gray is an old, asthmatic Glaswegian who lives by painting, writing and book design. He is currently working on a book about his visual art, A Life in Pictures, copiously illustrated, to be published by Canongate in 2010.