David Greig is a Scottish playwright who studied Drama and English at Bristol University. Since setting up the Suspect Culture theatre company in the 1990s, his plays have been performed widely in Scotland and around the world, including Midsummer, The Events, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Local Hero, and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart. He is currently the Artistic Director at Edinburgh’s Lyceum Theatre. The Book of I is his first novel.
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“Seldom does such a short book deliver such surprising delights... A gem of a novel.”— The Arts Fuse, Sep 8 2025![]()
“A compelling narrative of survival, faith, and redemption... Beautiful!!!”— The Southern Bookseller Review, Sep 8 2025![]()
“Shimmering, gruesome, exciting... I haven’t read many books that are at once so murderous and so breezily cheerful.”— Wall Street Journal, Sep 6 2025![]()
“This small but potent volume, told with a wry sense of dark humor paints a vivid picture of a turbulent 9th century Scotland... A delightful read.”— Reading the West, Aug 13 2025![]()
“Greig debuts with a unique tale that alternates between brutal and comic and is exceptionally rich in language.”— Library Journal, Aug 1 2025![]()
★ “A small treasure... A bloody and beautiful sojourn in the distant past.”— Kirkus Reviews, Jun 30 2025
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