| Description |
307 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN |
9781786890900 hardback |
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1786890909 hardback |
| Contents |
Oh the days ahead -- The cartwheels of life -- Clinging on -- This has no title -- The state of Elixirism -- (Tzekovitz was Another) -- Pick up the pieces -- A friend -- One has one's weans -- Bringing her to the library -- Did the Pixie speak? -- Volcanic matters -- The principal's decision -- Words and things to sip -- Human resources tract 2: Our hope in playing the rules -- The twitch -- Untethered -- The truth that Timmy knew -- Out there -- God looks down -- Back in that town -- A night at the theatre -- Items precarious -- That was a shiver. |
| Summary |
Intimate new stories from the Booker Prize-winning James Kelman, bringing 'alive a human consciousness like no other writer can'. A trucker passes through a town he used to know and a local tries to sell him his sister; a couple put their children to bed and hear a loud scratching at the wall; a Principal and his associate examine the dead body before them; a man looks into a mirror and reflects on becoming more like his father. Sparky, touching and brilliantly daring, these stories reveal profound human feeling in the ordinary and the everyday, and are a reminder of Kelman's exceptional talent. |
| Library Class |
English PK320.T4
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| Subject |
Families -- Fiction.
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Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
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