How Late It Was How Late James Kelman by James Kelman 9781448104932, 1448104939, B0091R2MYU instant download after payment.

James Kelman’s raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world is given voice by Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting.

"A work of marvellous vibrance and richness of character... it convinces, it charms, it entertains, it informs and it has life... How Late it Was, How Late deserves every accolade it gets." -  The New York Times

One Sunday morning in Glasgow, Sammy awakens in a lane and tries to remember the two-day drinking binge that landed him there. Things only get worse. Sammy gets into 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.

"Forging a wholly distinctive style from the bruised cadences of demotic Glaswegian, Kelman renders the hidden depths of ordinary lives in sardonic, abrasive prose which is more revealing of feelings that could ever be expected...as uplifting a novel as one could ever hope to read."  -  Sunday Telegraph

James Kelman In 1971 he attended creative writing night classes and in 1973 an American company published his first collection of short stories, An Old Pub Near the Angel. His novel Greyhound or Breakfast won the 1987 Cheltenham Prize; A Disaffection won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the 1989 Booker Prize and Translated Accounts was longlisted for the 2001 Booker Prize. He has also written many plays for stage and radio. He was also shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize in 2009 and 2011.