21%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Disaffection
James Kelman
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Disaffection
Paperback. Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 9. Weight in Grams: 250.
Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher.
Patrick Doyle is a twenty-nine-year-old teacher in an ordinary comprehensive school. Isolated, frustrated and increasingly bitter at the system he is employed to maintain, he begins his rebellion, fuelled by drink and his passionate, unrequited love for a fellow teacher.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099283096
SKU
V9780099283096
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-45
About 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Disaffection
With this novel James Kelman reveals 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
... Read more
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
... Read more