A Disaffection
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... See More
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by James Kelman
(65 reviews)
Quick ViewPatrick 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... See More
by James Kelman
(23 reviews)
Quick View"The world is full of information. What do we do when we get the information, when we have digested the information, what do we do then? Is there a point where ye say, yes, stop, now I shall move on." James Kelman here... See More
by James Kelman
(18 reviews)
Quick View"Thought-provoking" short stories from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of How Late It Was, How Late and Kieron Smith, Boy (Scotsman). A trucker passes through a town he used to know and a local tries to sell him his... See More
by James Kelman
(243 reviews)
Quick ViewMurdo, a teenager obsessed with music, dreams of a life beyond his Scottish island home. His dad Tom has recently lost his wife and stumbles towards the future, terrified of losing control of what remains of his family... See More
by James Kelman
(333 reviews)
Quick ViewWINNER 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... See More
by James Kelman
(19 reviews)
Quick ViewJack Proctor, a celebrated older writer and curmudgeon, goes off to residency where he is to be an honored part of teaching and giving public readings, he soon finds the atmosphere of the literary world has changed since his... See More
by James Kelman
Quick ViewIncendiary and heartrending, the sixteen essays in The State is Your Enemy lay bare government brutality against the working class, immigrants, asylum-seekers, ethnic minorities, and all who are deemed of 'a lower order.'... See More