Busted Scotch: Selected Stories
by:
James Kelman (author)
Busted Scotch is a selection by James Kelman of 35 short stories -- most of them published in this country for the first time -- from over two decades of his work. They reveal the author as a tough-minded master of the short form, which he infuses with his unique brand of bleak comedy and his...
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Busted Scotch is a selection by James Kelman of 35 short stories -- most of them published in this country for the first time -- from over two decades of his work. They reveal the author as a tough-minded master of the short form, which he infuses with his unique brand of bleak comedy and his absolute belief in the primacy of his character's language and culture.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780393040722 (0393040720)
Publish date: May 1st 1997
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 262
Edition language: English
Lots and lots of scotch. Think it would be nice? Well, it's one of those local collections of stories. I'm not that interested in bar life in Scotland. Read a few, even the one in dialect, skimmed a lot. May try one of his other works.