Book description
Patrick Doyle is a 29-year-old teacher in an ordinary school.
Disaffected, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is
employed to maintain, Patrick begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and
his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher. James Kelman was
born in Glasgow in 1946. His books include
Not not while the giro
, The Busconductor Hines
, A Chancer
, Greyhound for breakfast
, which won the 1987 Cheltenham Prize, and A Disaffection
, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for
the Booker Prize. His most recent novel, How late it was, how late
won the 1994 Booker Prize. James Kelman lives in Glasgow with his wife
and two daughters.
