Gray is a true original, a twentieth century William Blake-- "Observer"
A necessary genius--ALI SMITH
Gray transformed our expectations of what Scottish literature could be--VAL McDERMID
One of the brightest intellectual and creative lights Scotland has known in modern times--NICOLA STURGEON
One of the most gifted writers to have put pen to paper in the English language--IRVINE WELSH
The best Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott--ANTHONY BURGESS