How Late It Was, How Late, (Paperback)

from lriley

Sammy the ex-con after a drinking binge gets into a fight with some soldiers and wakes up blind in a police cell. The police deciding to wash their hands of the ne'er do well just dump him out on the streets of Glasgow to find his way home on his own. At the same moment waiting in his apartment i...

from giovannigf

This is an excellent novel (don't take it from me - it won the Booker Prize) about a lowlife drunk and the indignities he suffers trying to get welfare. That it's written in an accent would usually get on my nerves fast, but Kelman is simply too good. Here's how it starts: "Ye wake in a corner an...

from Ireadthereforeiam

I have a thing for the Vintage publisher series of books- nice graphic design cover, red spines all lined up nicely together on my shelf. Plus, I am slowly working through old Booker Prize winners, so this 1994 book fit the bill on a few counts. But when I started reading it, I was disappointed t...

from lriley

Sammy the ex-con after a drinking binge gets into a fight with some soldiers and wakes up blind in a police cell. The police deciding to wash their hands of the ne'er do well just dump him out on the streets of Glasgow to find his way home on his own. At the same moment waiting in his apartment i...

from giovannigf

This is an excellent novel (don't take it from me - it won the Booker Prize) about a lowlife drunk and the indignities he suffers trying to get welfare. That it's written in an accent would usually get on my nerves fast, but Kelman is simply too good. Here's how it starts: "Ye wake in a corner an...