In this video Alasdair reads his own favourite excerpt from his first novel Lanark – Chapter 44. End. When I asked him why he had chosen this chapter he said "because it's the end and, I think, a rather good one". And as our readings progressed with the year, more and more of Alasdair's choices came to focus on endings and death.

Explore a personal perspective on Lanark and Alasdair’s other novels in Who is Alasdair Gray?

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