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If It Is Your Life
James Kelman

$45.00 – Hardcover book / Hamish Hamilton

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 con... Buy or find out more 


The Good Times
James Kelman

$24.99 – Paperback book / New South Books

Features twenty first-person narratives that portray ordinary people - men and boys facing uncomfortable truths, encountering betrayal or struggling to understand women and work. Buy or find out more 



How Late It Was, How Late?
James Kelman

$14.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

'A passionate, scintillating, brilliant song of a book' Independent.

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 - an... Buy or find out more 


Keiron Smith Boy
James Kelman

$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books

I had cousins at sea. One was in the Cadets. I was wanting to join. My maw did not want me to but my da said I could if I wanted, it was a good life and ye saved yer money, except if ye were daft and done silly things. ... Buy or find out more 



Translated Accounts
James Kelman

$24.95 – Paperback book / Polygon Press

Set in an unnamed place that appears to be under military rule, this book comprises of various 'transcribed and/or translated' first-hand narratives of non-English speakers, reminiscent of accounts of incidents in Rwanda... Buy or find out more 


The Burn
James Kelman

$26.95 – Paperback book / Polygon Press

A collection of short stories by a master of paranoia and a prose stylist. Buy or find out more 



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