A Disaffection

About the Author

James Kelman was born in Glasgow in 1946. His books include Not not while the giro, The Busconductor Hines, A Chancer and Greyhound for Breakfast, which won the 1987 Cheltenham Prize. His novel A Disaffection won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. How Late it Was, How Late won the Booker Prize in 1994. His collection of short stories The Burn, won a Scottish Arts Council book award. James Kelman lives in Glasgow.