@booklet {3145, title = {"The Origin of the Axletree"}, howpublished = {Scottish Short Stories 1979}, year = {1979}, note = {

Rpt. as \"The Start of the Axletree.\" Illus. by the author\ in his\ Unlikely Stories, Mostly\ (Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate, 1983), 67-83; and in his Every Short Story, 1952-2012 (Edinburgh, Scot.: Canongate, 2012), 76-89.

}, month = {1979}, pages = {21-35}, publisher = {Collins}, address = {London}, abstract = {

A mildly dystopian story in which a prince decides to build a structure, the Axletree, that will reach heaven. See 1983 Gray for the dystopian sequel.

}, keywords = {Male author, Scottish author}, author = {Alasdair [James] Gray (1934-2019)} }