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James Kelman

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James Kelman is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize with How Late It Was, How Late. In 1998, Kelman was awarded the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award. His 2008 novel Kieron Smith, Boy won both of Scotland's principal literary awards: the Saltire Society's Book of the Year and the Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year.

Books

How Late it Was, how Late
How Late it Was, how Late
James Kelman
A Disaffection
A Disaffection
James Kelman
The Busconductor Hines
The Busconductor Hines
James Kelman
How late it was, how late
How late it was, how late
James Kelman
Kieron Smith, Boy
Kieron Smith, Boy
James Kelman
Dirt Road
Dirt Road
James Kelman
Kieron Smith, boy
Kieron Smith, boy
James Kelman
Greyhound for breakfast
Greyhound for breakfast
James Kelman
Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime
Between Thought and Expression Lies a Lifetime
Noam Chomsky, James Kelman
God's Teeth and Other Phenomena
God's Teeth and Other Phenomena
James Kelman
That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories
That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories
James Kelman
Some Recent Attacks
Some Recent Attacks
James Kelman
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free
James Kelman
Busted Scotch: Selected Stories
Busted Scotch: Selected Stories
James Kelman
Translated Accounts
Translated Accounts
James Kelman
Lean Tales
Lean Tales
James Kelman, Alasdair Gray, Agnes Owens
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free
James Kelman
You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free
You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free
James Kelman
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free
You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free
James Kelman
Three Glasgow Writers
Three Glasgow Writers
James Kelman, Tom Leonard, Alex Hamilton

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