CITY · UNITED KINGDOMBooks set in Glasgow
55.864, -4.252
9 books · 7 authors · 1935–2022
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Most-set authors
Alasdair Gray (2) · Douglas Stuart (2) · James Kelman (1) · Louise Welsh (1) · Archie Hind (1) · Alexander McArthur and H. Kingsley Long (1)
Genres
literary fiction (4) · fantasy (1)
Books set here
Set in Glasgow (8)
How Late It Was, How Late
James Kelman
working-class Glasgow streets
Lanark
Alasdair Gray
dystopian Unthank city
Poor Things
Alasdair Gray
late Victorian Glasgow
The Cutting Room
Louise Welsh
Glasgow auction and underworld
The Dear Green Place
Archie Hind
1960s working-class Glasgow
Young Mungo
Douglas Stuart
East End housing estate
No Mean City
Alexander McArthur and H. Kingsley Long
Gorbals slum setting
No Mean City
Alexander McArthur
1930s slum gang territory
Also featuring Glasgow (1)
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