This work, originally published in 1981, has been hailed as the most influential Scottish novel of the second half of the 20th century. Its playful narrative techniques convey a profound message, personal and political, about humankind's inability to love and yet our compulsion to go on trying.

Canongate, 2007.
ISBN: 9781841959078. 573 pp.
Introduction by William Boyd.
Softcover. Near fine.