Gilbert Adair

Writing 66 (deceased) years old Edinburgh, Scotland, UK ★ 0.2

Born: December 29, 1944
Died: December 8, 2011

Biography

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)