How Late It Was, How Late
by James Kelman
Buy on Amazonlosing myself inside James Kelman’s “How Late It Was, How Late,” a peculiar novel about a small-time criminal slowly adjusting to blindness, written in a thick Scottish dialect. The book is amazing.
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"losing myself inside James Kelman’s “How Late It Was, How Late,” a peculiar novel about a small-time criminal slowly adjusting to blindness, written in a thick Scottish dialect. The book is amazing."
By the Book: Tom Perrotta · nytimes.com
"Not enough people have read James Kelman's Booker winner, "How Late It Was, How Late," which is a masterpiece of dialect but also one of the most audacious novels ever written."
By the Book: Douglas Stuart · nytimes.com