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'Stimulated by Alan Bold's criticism that his books are insufficiently Scottish, Alasdair Gray has written a tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the Ettrick forest of the twenty-third century. Superbly muscled Wat Dryhope, son of the Ettrick chief, is unhappy about his clan's violent and permissive life style.
Only when challenged by the fearfully seductive Delilah Puddock and her plot to restore the competitive exploitation of human resources does he learn to embrace the women and traditional values he truly loves.

Since his blockbuster 'Lanark' appeared in 1981 Alasdair Gray's fictions have become more and more saleable.
In 1992 the historical romance, 'Poor Things' was his ultimate. 'A History Maker'- a kilted sci-fi yarn full of poetry, and porridge, courage and sex-will be even more ultimate and stand proudly beside Barrie's 'What Every Woman Wants', Reid's 'Ten Days That Shook The World', and Rebecca Sinclair's 'Scottish Ecstasy'.
AUTHOR'S NOTE TO PUBLISHER:
There is no porridge in this tale and Barrie's title is misquoted, but leave as given to distract the reviewers from worse defects.

	A History Maker

	'Stimulated by Alan Bold's criticism that his books are insufficiently Scottish, Alasdair Gray has written a tale of border warfare, military and erotic, set in the Ettrick forest of the twenty-third century. Superbly muscled Wat Dryhope, son of the Ettrick chief, is unhappy about his clan's violent and permissive life style. Only when challenged by the fearfully seductive Delilah Puddock and her plot to restore the competitive exploitation of human resources does he learn to embrace the women and traditional values he truly loves. Since his blockbuster 'Lanark' appeared in 1981 Alasdair Gray's fictions have become more and more saleable. In 1992 the historical romance, 'Poor Things' was his ultimate. 'A History Maker'- a kilted sci-fi yarn full of poetry, and porridge, courage and sex-will be even more ultimate and stand proudly beside Barrie's 'What Every Woman Wants', Reid's 'Ten Days That Shook The World', and Rebecca Sinclair's 'Scottish Ecstasy'. AUTHOR'S NOTE TO PUBLISHER: There is no porridge in this tale and Barrie's title is misquoted, but leave as given to distract the reviewers from worse defects.
Price: h/bk £13.99 Signed Copy: £20:00		Publishers details: Canogate Publishers
Click here to buy this book		ISBN: 0 86241 495 4
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