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James Kelman (born 9 June 1946, in Glasgow) is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize with How late it was, how late and aroused something of a controversy in doing so: one of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, denounced the book as 'a disgrace' when Kelman was announced as the winner. Kelman has since said that his Booker prize win, specifically the negative publicity and attacks made as a result, made publishers more reluctant to handle his work. [1] In 1998 Kelman was awarded the Scotland on Sunday/Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Award. In 2008 he won Scotland's most prestigious literary award the Saltire Society's Book of the Year award for Kieron Smith, boy (2008)

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Total Books: 83
God's Teeth and Other Phenomena
2022 - God's Teeth and Other Phenomena [Kelman Library, 2] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781629639390
ISBN-10: 1629639397
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Dirt Road
2019 - Dirt Road [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787559624925
ISBN-10: 7559624928
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Dirt Road A Novel
2017 - Dirt Road a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781936787500
ISBN-10: 1936787504
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Parenting & Relationships
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If It Is Your Life
2014 - If It Is Your Life (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781590516225
ISBN-10: 1590516222
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Mo Said She Was Quirky
2013 - Mo Said She Was Quirky (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781590516003
ISBN-10: 1590516001
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Passing Place
2009 - Passing Place [Edinburgh Review] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780955574573
ISBN-10: 0955574579
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Kieron Smith Boy
2009 - Kieron Smith Boy (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780141014890
ISBN-10: 014101489X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Greyhound for Breakfast
2008 - Greyhound for Breakfast (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781846970542
ISBN-10: 1846970547
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Selected Stories
2008 - Selected Stories [Pocket Classics] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781841951591
ISBN-10: 1841951595
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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An Old Pub Near the Angel
2007 - An Old Pub Near the Angel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781846970375
ISBN-10: 1846970377
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Not Not While the Giro
2007 - Not Not While the Giro (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781846970382
ISBN-10: 1846970385
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Busconductor Hines
2007 - Busconductor Hines (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781846970399
ISBN-10: 1846970393
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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A Chancer
2007 - A Chancer (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781846970405
ISBN-10: 1846970407
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How Late It Was How Late A Novel
2005 - How Late It Was How Late a Novel (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780393327991
ISBN-10: 039332799X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free
2005 - You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780156031721
ISBN-10: 0156031728
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 1.5/5 Stars.
 1

2004 - Novel (Hardcover)
2004 - Untitled Novel [1997] (Paperback)
Le poinonneur Hines
2004 - Le Poinonneur Hines (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782864243229
ISBN-10: 2864243229
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How Late It Was How Late
2004 - How Late It Was How Late (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780749398835
ISBN-10: 0749398833
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 5/5 Stars.
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And the Judges Said
2003 - And the Judges Said (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780099421849
ISBN-10: 0099421844
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Busschaffner Hines
2003 - Busschaffner Hines (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9783935890144
ISBN-10: 3935890141
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Translated Accounts
2002 - Translated Accounts (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780385495820
ISBN-10: 038549582X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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The Close Season
2002 - The Close Season (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781899235049
ISBN-10: 1899235043
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2001 - Seven Stories [AK Press Audio] (Audio CD)
1987 - Lean Tales [Abacus Books] (Paperback)