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<p>The entertaining (and downright weird) book <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004V31IFS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004V31IFS&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=commonplacefa-20&amp;linkId=e447382692d96265f8d734405341fe71" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Unlikely Stories, Mostly</a></em> by Alasdair Gray becomes entertaining &#8212; and downright weird &#8212; before the reader gets to the first story.</p>



<p>When it was released in 1983, an erratum slip was inserted that read, &#8220;This slip has been inserted by mistake.&#8221; </p>



<p>The Kindle edition of the book begins with:</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-large"><p>ERRATUM</p><p><em>The Publishers apologise for the loss of the erratum slip.</em></p></blockquote>



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