F***** B***** of a Book (How Late It Was, How Late - James Kelman)

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Product:	How Late It Was, How Late - James Kelman
Date:	11/07/02 (43 review reads)
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Advantages: Superb

Disadvantages: Prose style may put off some

An epic journey through a wasteland of Glasgow tenements and benefit offices this book does not sound like an easy nor inviting read. But once the prose becomes digestable (which is quite quickly given its unrelenting phonetically rendered profanity) the poignant story of a chancer laid low is enthralling and moving.
With rivals such as Irvine to compete with and linguistic experimentation aside this is a far more substantial work than the grindingly faux-revolting excesses of 'Trainspotting' and much more likely to repay the effort of its reading.

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