How Late It Was How Late by James Kelman

How Late It Was How Late by James Kelman

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Sammy's had a bad week - his wallet's gone, along with his new shoes, he's been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the street - and he's just gone blind. He remembers a row with his girlfriend, but she seems to have disappeared. Things aren't looking too good for Sammy and his problems have hardly begun

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How Late It Was How Late by James Kelman

Sammy's had a bad week - his wallet's gone, along with his new shoes, he's been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the street - and he's just gone blind. He remembers a row with his girlfriend, but she seems to have disappeared. Things aren't looking too good for Sammy and his problems have hardly begun.
Beautiful, spirited thoughts hard up against the old brute truths..enormous artistic and social depth...James Kelman's best book yet * Guardian *
Forging a wholly distinctive style from the bruised cadences of demotic Glaswegian, Kelman renders the hidden depths of ordinary lives in sardonic, abrasive prose which is more revealing of feelings that could ever be expected...as uplifting a novel as one could ever hope to read * Sunday Telegraph *
A passionate, scintillating, brilliant song of a book * Independent *
Gritty, realistic and bleak, but the overall tone is strangely positive. The fast pace of the narrative, Kelman's dry humour and the indomitable spirit combine to provide a liberating read * Big Issue *
James Kelman was born in Glasgow in 1946. His books include Not not while the giro, The Busconductor Hines, A Chancer, Greyhound for Breakfast, which won the 1987 Cheltenham Prize, and A Disaffection, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novel, How late it was, how late won the 1994 Booker Prize. James Kelman lives in Glasgow with his wife and two daughters.
SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780749398835
ISBN 10 0749398833
Titre How Late It Was How Late
Auteur James Kelman
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Paperback
Éditeur Vintage Publishing
Année de publication 1995-03-06
Nombre de pages 416
Prix Winner of Writer's Guild / Macallan Award Fiction Category 1994, Winner of Writers' Guild Award 1994, Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1994
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