> I note your mention of the novels, which goes, for me, back to him
> being better at prose poetry rather than verse,
_The Year of the Whale_ is optional, _Greenvoe_ is essential.
Amazing the number of Scots who were one-novel writers -- possibly even
Alasdair Gray, when it really comes down to it.
Hogg ... George Douglas Brown ... LGG (if we count _The Scots Quair_ as a
single novel) ...
Bit worrying that.
At least Brummies don't carry that curse.
R.
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