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How Late It Was, How Late (94 Edition)

by James Kelman

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Winner of the 1994 Booker Prize, this witty, controversial, and brilliant bestselling novel has been compared to the works of Joyce, Beckett, and many other masters.

A raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world, How Late It Was, How Late opens one Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting, awakens in a lane and tries to remember the two-day drinking binge that landed him there. Then, things only get worse. Sammy gets in a fight with some soldiers, lands in jail, and discovers that he is completely blind. His girlfriend disappears, the police probe him endlessly, and his stab at Disability Compensation embroils him in the Kafkaesque red tape of the welfare system.

A masterpiece of black humor, subtle political parody, and Scottish lower-class vernacularHow Late It Was, How Late is a classic-to-be from one of today's most talented novelists.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780385315609
Author:
Kelman, James
Publisher:
Delta
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Scotland
Subject:
Blind
Subject:
Ex-convicts
Subject:
Blind -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- Fiction.
Subject:
Black humor
Subject:
Glasgow
Series Volume:
3
Publication Date:
1996
Binding:
Trade Paper
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
373 p.
Dimensions:
8.00x5.25x.87 in. .68 lbs.

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