Gothic novels: Influences & inspiration

Alasdair Gray talks about some of the work that influenced his Gothic novel Poor Things - from Thomas Love Peacock's Nightmare Abbey to Mel Brook’s film Young Frankenstein - and explains why he feels the opening of this book may be his best.

Note: I incorrectly credit Gene Wilder as the director of Young Frankenstein in the podcast and Alasdair rightly sounds rather dubious.

With thanks to: 
Alasdair Gray; 
David Thomas - technical advice and support; 
Berniya Hamie – closing piano; 
Matthew Robinson – rereads logos.

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