You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free
by James Kelman
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151010420
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010424
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Synopsis
Jeremiah Brown, a Scottish immigrant in his early thirties, has lived in the United States for twelve years. He has moved as many times, from the east coast to the west coast and back again, all in the hope his luck would change. To add to his restlessness and indecision, he now has a nonrefundable ticket to Glasgow to visit his mother for the first time in seven years. The question is, will the visit help him get over the pain of separation from a woman he met and loved in New York and with whom he had a little girl, or will it make it worse? In this rich, funny, superbly crafted novel, Kelman has once again created a memorable character-compulsive, obsessive, self-doubting, beer-loving, and utterly engaging-and a singular portrait of an immigrant's America
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- Bookseller
- Village Idiot's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4153-NVL14-8 12
- Title
- You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free
- Author
- James Kelman
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Trade Cloth
- ISBN 10
- 0151010420
- ISBN 13
- 9780151010424
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Florida, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 2004-05-17
- Product_type
- 1
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