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PUBLISHER: Random House (Digital)

FORMAT: Electronic book text

ISBN: 9781448128846

RRP: £3.12

PAGES: 80

PUBLICATION DATE:
November 17, 2011

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I am Miami

Irvine Welsh

In the tropics of Miami, retired Scottish schoolteacher Albert Black mourns his wife of forty-one years. His grief and inability to connect with his son’s Americanised family combine to undermine the Christian ethos that has governed his life. Dejected, he summons a final rallying of his principles and seeks out a confrontation with a former pupil. Part of the Storycuts series, this story was previously published in the collection Reheated Cabbage.

Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is the author of several works of fiction, including the bestselling Trainspotting. He lives in Dublin.

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