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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Vintage

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780099283096

RRP: £8.99

PAGES: 352

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 7, 1999

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A Disaffection

Patrick Doyle is a 29-year-old teacher in an ordinary school. Disaffected, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, Patrick begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher.

Reviews of A Disaffection

"With this novel James Kelman revelas a talent so huge in today's terms that one is tempted to mention Zola and Beckett" Independent "His style is endlessly inventive, his characters have huge souls and his point of view is uncompromising. If people don't start listening, they only have themselves to blame" Observer "Kelman has artistry, authenticity and a voice of singular power. A Disaffection leaves one reassured and indeed optimistic about the state of British literature today." Independent

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James Kelman

James Kelman was born in Glasgow in 1946. His books include Not not while the giro, The Busconductor Hines, A Chancer, Greyhound for breakfast, which won the 1987 Cheltenham Prize, and A Disaffection, which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novel, How late it was, how late won the 1994 Booker Prize. James Kelman lives in Glasgow with his wife and two daughters.