Book description
Jeremiah Brown is a man of extremes.
So when he nips out for a quick drink on the eve of returning to his
native Scotland after twelve years in America, anything could happen.
Anything at all. Just one quick drink to help him sleep but there's
something about this town and this bar that reminds him of his ex.
Soon the memories are flooding in and as the night goes on and the
decision to stop smoking looks increasingly ill-timed for a
card-carrying alien of questionable politics, Jeremiah getting on that
flight tomorrow starts to seem far from certain. Is there any such
thing as a certainty? Not tonight. Tonight the only thing certain is
that you have to be very careful in the land of the free.
James Kelman's books include Not not while the giro, Greyhound for
Breakfast, The Busconductor Hines, A Disaffection, How late it was, how
late, The Good Times, Translated Accounts, and his essay collection 'And
the Judges said . . .' .
