num_pages: 560
description: Duncan Thaw, the narrator, has to cope with a loveless family and the drudgery of growing to maturity in Glasgow. Elsewhere the author moves Thaw into fantasy when he sends him to Unthank, a city he is condemned to after his death. From the author of "Something Leather".
language: English
title: Lanark: A Life in 4 Books
titlecomplete: Lanark: A Life in 4 Books
genres: Classics, British Literature, Fantasy, Dystopia, Novels, Scotland, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 6483
places: Glasgow, Scotland, Unthank
awards: awardedAt: 378720000000
name: Saltire Society Literary Award
category: Book of the Year
publisher: Picador