Something Leather (Picador Books) [Paperback]

Alasdair Gray (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 23, 1991 | Series: Picador Books

The loves and lives of June, Senga and Donalda are told in this book which covers the period 1963 to 1990. Also featured are unhappy children, a liberal headmistress, a tobacconist's family, a commercial traveller, a lighthouse keeper and a pimp. From the author of "Lanark".

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Picador (August 23, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0330319442
• ISBN-13: 978-0330319447
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,829,058 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Raves for Gray's leather-and-bondage Bildungsroman, March 25, 1998

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Lee Story - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Leather (Hardcover)

It bewilders me that such a fine piece of work should drop out of print so quickly, while so much that's mediocre or worse gains a wide audience and many reprints. This comic and satirical novel is written in a neo-picaresque chain-of-stories form, and is a fine companion to Gray's prizewinning _Poor_Things_. Gray himself credits the inimitable Kathy Acker for the inspiration to write it. You'll never look at a woman in leather in the same way again. The nominal epilogue--really an essential part of the structure--may be the funniest part.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Something Leather, June 21, 2009

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Walter Stockwell (Suisse) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Leather (Hardcover)

Alasdair Gray is an interesting an unique voice... This is a fun little book, but best to find one with his illustrations. He is at his best when he uses his art and words together. Try to find one of the British editions.