Giving voice to the dispossessed & crafting stories of lives on the edge lives almost lost lives held in the balance James Kelman writes about the things that touch us all. With honesty toughness & humour he confronts the issues of language class politics gender & age
- identity in all its forms
- with a sympathetic pen & a sharp & observant eye. No other British writer today penetrates so deeply into the hearts minds & desperation of his characters & this collection is as uncompromising & as beautiful as anything he has ever written.