How Late It Was How Late

How Late It Was How Late

by JamesKelman (Author)

Synopsis

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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 06 Aug 2009

ISBN 10: 0099546272
ISBN 13: 9780099546276
Book Overview: A Booker prize winning tour-de-force
Prizes: Winner of Writer's Guild / Macallan Award Fiction Category 1994 and Writers' Guild Award 1994 and Booker Prize for Fiction 1994.

Media Reviews
A work of marvelous vibrance and richness of character...It convinces, it charms, it entertains, it informs and it has life. -- New York Times Book Review Witty, irreverent and thoroughly engrossing...Kelman is a major talent, and this is a bold, highly accomplished novel. -- San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle
Author Bio
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.