James Kelman

Rejected by his brother and largely ignored by his parents, Kieron Smith finds comfort - and endless stories - in the home of his much-loved grandparents. But when his family move to a new housing scheme on the outskirts of the city, a world away from the close community of the tenements, Kieron struggles to find a …

James Kelman, the Man Booker Prize–winning author of How Late It Was, How Late, tells the story of Helen—a sister, a mother, a daughter—a very ordinary young woman. Her boyfriend said she was quirky but she is much more than that. Trust, love, relationships; parents, children, lovers; death, wealth, home: these are …

Not Not While the Giro is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman first published in 1983.

The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer.

The Burn is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman first published in 1991.

The Good Times is a collection of short stories by the Scottish writer James Kelman published in 1998.

Translated Accounts is a novel by the Scottish writer James Kelman published in 2001.