A History Maker (21 page)
Authors: Alasdair Gray
Alasdair Gray is a fat old asthmatic Glaswegian who lives by painting and writing. His other books include
Lanark,
Unlikely Stories Mostly, 1982
Janine, The Fall of Kelvin
Walker, Lean Tales
(with James Kelman and Agnes Owens),
Old
Negatives
(verse),
McGrotty &
Ludmilla, Something Leather,
Why Scots Should Rule
Scotland, Poor Things
and
The
Ends of Our Tethers
First published in Great Britain in 1994 by
Canongate Books Ltd, 14 High Street,
Edinburgh, EH1 1TE
This Canongate edition, originally published in 2005,
has final changes which the author wants reproduced in future editions
This digital edition first published in 2014
by Canongate Books
Copyright © Alasdair Gray, 1994
The moral right of the author has been asserted
The book is dedicated to the late Chris Boyce who suggested nearly all the science and some of the fiction. It is also indebted to Margaret Mead whose
Coming of Age in Samoa
suggested a kindlier society than her critics thought possible; also to Bruce Charlton for medical advice and Scott Pearson for scholarly research and proof correction
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available on request from the British Library
ISBN 978 1 84767 702 0
