Book description
Sammy's had a bad week - his wallet's gone, along with his new shoes,
he's been arrested then beaten up by the police and thrown out on the
street - and he's just gone blind. He remembers a row with his
girlfriend, but she seems to have disappeared. Things aren't looking too
good for Sammy and his problems have hardly begun 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.
