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James Kelman's first collection of short stories—as fresh and sharp as when they first appeared from US publisher Puckerbrush Press. Set among the tenements and bedsits of Glasgow, they shine a light on the exploits of young and old. James Kelman had been writing since 1967 and by 1971 had enough stories for a book. In 1973,An Old Pub Near the Angelwas published and the rest is history. The US edition has never been out of print. No library descriptions found.
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There is no short story here that I would not be proud to have written and given that the variety of storyline and characterisation is broad and innovative that is a legacy to take pride in. Some, like Nice to be Nice are groundbreaking stylistically and broke the ground that doubtless made the eventual publishing of Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh possible, nay inevitable.
Several of these stories are so strong and so good that they would and should grace any anthology of short stories of the 20th century; Abject Misery for example does exactly as it says on the tin - it portrays a man in abject misery and yet it does it with humour and perfect observational detail.
Kelman is a largely unacknowledged giant of British literature and his wonderful Afterword explains both some of his voyage to publication and his artistic integrity in his own well chosen words and is, of itself, worth the price of the book so in literary terms this is the biggest bargain you are likely to get for a long time. ( )