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WINNER OF 1994 THE BOOKER PRIZE.Sammy's had a bad week.Most of it's just a blank space in his mind, and the bits that he can remember, he'd rather not. His wallet's gone, along with his new shoes, he's been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the...
In Mo Said She Was Quirky James Kelman, the Booker prize-winning author of How late it was, how late, tells the story of Helen - a sister, a mother, a daughter - a very ordinary young woman.Her boyfriend said she was quirky but it was more than that. Some things were...
Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow...
Giving voice to the dispossessed and crafting stories of lives on the edge, lives almost lost, lives held in the balance, James Kelman writes about the things that touch us all. With honesty, toughness and humour, he confronts the issues of language, class, politics,...
Rejected by his brother and largely ignored by his parents, Kieron Smith finds comfort - and endless stories - in the home of his much-loved grandparents. But when his family move to a new housing scheme on the outskirts of the city, a world away from the close...
Jeremiah Brown is a man of extremes. So when he nips out for a quick drink on the eve of returning to his native Scotland after twelve years in America, anything could happen. Anything at all. Just one quick drink to help him sleep but there's something about this town...
Fou de musique, Murdo, seize ans, quitte l'Écosse avec son père pour rendre visite à sa famille dans le sud des États-Unis, une façon de surmonter le deuil de sa mère et de sa sœur, emportées par un cancer à quelques années d'intervalle.Entre deux bus longue distance,...
Helen travaille de nuit dans un casino comme croupière, et vit dans un minuscule appartement de la banlieue londonienne, avec sa petite fille de six ans et son compagnon, Mo, anglo-pakistanais, qui trouve qu'elle est tordue. Plus que tordue, dit-elle.Les pensées filent...
Un dimanche matin à Glasgow, Sammy, un ancien détenu pour vol à l’étalage, se réveille dans une ruelle, chaussé de souliers qui ne lui appartiennent pas, et tente de se rappeler ses deux dernières journées de beuverie.Sauvagement battu par la police, il se retrouve à...
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