Download or read book The Book of Prefaces written by Alasdair Gray and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Grandly conceived, gorgeously realised, and sparklingly alert to the making not just of works of art, but of a language, this crammed compendium, so copiously yet lightly learned, so drolly self-reflexive, yet enticingly accessible, so exhilaratingly, quixotically magniloquent, is the last word in forewords.' Herald