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How late it was, how late is a 1994 stream-of-consciousness novel written by Scottish writer James Kelman. The Glasgow -centred work is written in a working-class Scottish dialect, and follows Sammy, a shoplifter and ex-convict. It won the 1994 Booker Prize .
Mar 28, 1994 · James Kelman. Winner of the Booker Prize: "A work of marvelous vibrance and richness of character."--. New York Times Book Review One Sunday morning in Glasgow, shoplifting ex-con Sammy awakens in an alley, wearing another man's shoes and trying to remember his two-day drinking binge.
How Late It Was, How Late is a novel published in 1994 by Scottish writer James Kelman. The work employs a stream-of-consciousness narrative style and a Glaswegian dialect of the Scots language variety.
Mar 28, 1994 · James Kelman’s raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world is given voice by Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for shoplifting. One Sunday morning in Glasgow, Sammy awakens in a lane and tries to remember the two-day drinking binge that landed him there. Things only get worse.
Feb 2, 2011 · In Scotland, the portrait of a petty crook who had one run-in with police too many. It is a series of reflections as he sits in jail, contemplating his fate. He had been in trouble before, but this time it's different, the latest brawl with police cost him his eyesight.
A raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world, "How Late It Was, How Late" opens one Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for...
A raw, wry vision of human survival in a bureaucratic world, "How Late It Was, How Late" opens one Sunday morning in Glasgow, Scotland, as Sammy, an ex-convict with a penchant for...
