Kieron Smith, boy
by James Kelman
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used; Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 014101489X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141014890
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Synopsis
I had cousins at sea. One was in the Cadets. I was wanting to join. My maw did not want me to but my da said I could if I wanted, it was a good life and ye saved yer money, except if ye were daft and done silly things. He said it to me. I would just have to grow up first. James Kelman’s triumph in Kieron Smith, boy is to bring us completely inside the head of a child and remind us what strange and beautiful things happen in there. Here is the story of a boyhood in a large industrial city during a time of great social change. Kieron grows from age five to early adolescence amid the general trauma of everyday life—the death of a beloved grandparent, the move to a new home. A whole world is brilliantly realized: sectarian football matches; ferryboats on the river; the unfairness of being a younger brother; climbing drainpipes, trees, and roofs; dogs, cats, sex, and ghosts. This is a powerful, often hilarious, startlingly direct evocation of childhood.
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- Bookseller
- Brit Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3695147
- Title
- Kieron Smith, boy
- Author
- James Kelman
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used; Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 014101489X
- ISBN 13
- 9780141014890
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- This edition first published
- 2009
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