Not Not While the Giro
by James Kelman
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"NOT NOT WHILE THE GIRO is James Kelman's first major collection of short storeis, and takes the reader from the pub to the Labour Exchange, from the snooker tables to the greyhound track. Written with irony, tenderness and enormous anger, the book confirms James Kelman's stature as one of the most important writers of and in contemporary Britain."Tags
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I think Kelman is at his best as a short story writer. And these stories have got to be modern classics. You can't rush through the book because ofter most of these stories you need to lie down. The most haunting for me are: 'Roofsliding', 'Charlie', 'Acid', 'the habit of rats'. Heir to Kafka, Becket.
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