The Book of Man

by Barry Graham and Dogo Barry Graham

Chosen by the American Library Association as one of the best books of 1995, this Scottish novel takes a savagely uncompromising and unsentimental look at the true nature of love and friendship in a city that, like its troubled characters, has lost all its old certainties.Kevin Previn returns to his native Glasgow after an absence of ten years, his homecoming prompted by the death of a friend and mentor, junkie writer Mike Illingworth, author of The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466223588
• ISBN13: 9781466223585
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

This novel is an overlooked masterpiece!

With two recent titles of Barry Graham's cancelled due to Incommunicado Press going, well, incommunicado, I'm dismayed to see this book fall out of print. Luckily, it's available used. Here Graham is at the top of his form, delivering brutality and hope at a relentless clip. There's nothing forced here, nothing false. Innovations in technique are employed towards a definite end, not just to look hip. The dialogue is perfect, the characters seem real, and I'm convinced after finishing it that if there is any justice in the world (and there is a little left) BOOK OF MAN will be remembered as one of the finest novels of the 90's.My only gripe? The cover design and the plot summary on the back make the book seem a lot more flip and dated than it is. And that's the publisher's fault, not Graham's, so I don't know why I'm bothering to mention it...Fans of writers like Irvine Welsh, Charles Bukowski, and Eileen Myles will find this riveting. It should be on the shelf of every aspiring fiction writer. It should be in print. It should be next on your list.

Beautiful

The Book of Man -- A story of a mans love for a friend -- for his lover and mother of child -- and for his son. I read the book in one sitting. Barry goes back and forth in memories -- so ya gotta be quick. Couldn't put the book down. ....amazing!

This is the best novel I have ever read

This book is a masterpiece. I have never read anything else that comes close. (I haven't read his other books, but I'm going to now.) I can't even describe how good this book is. Please read it.

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The Book of Man is the most touching piece of thrash fiction I've ever read. Barry Graham made me laugh, gag, cry and fall in love.