With this novel James Kelman reveals a talent so huge in today's terms that one is tempted to mention Zola and Beckett

Independent

His style is endlessly inventive, his characters have huge souls and his point of view is uncompromising. If people don't start listening, they only have themselves to blame

Observer

Kelman has artistry, authenticity and a voice of singular power. <i>A Disaffection</i> leaves one reassured and indeed optimistic about the state of British literature today.

Independent

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 teacher.
Les mer
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 teacher.
Les mer
The endlessly inventive and gripping story of one man's rebellion and passion

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099283096
Publisert
1999-10-07
Utgiver
Vintage Publishing
Vekt
250 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

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.