The Ends of Our Tethers

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“If Gray wrote his Genesis in the novel Lanark, and even if he has since concentrated on apocrypha, this is his magnificent Book of Job.”

“It’s seven years since Gray last offered up any new fiction, and he has been missed … [he] has a style all of his own.”

“Consummate, joyful and teasing talent — his knowingness pre-empts criticism with a constant celebration of complexity and contradiction.”

“One of Britain’s finest experimental short-story writers … He is demanding, but ultimately rewarding and individualistic.”

“His fiction is continually peeling back the skin of narrative conventions and human motivations.”