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Gilbert Adair

Gilbert Adair

Known for: Writing

Born 29/12/1944
Died 2011-12-08
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used, but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003)

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