A Disaffection
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:7th Oct '99
£10.99
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The endlessly inventive and gripping story of one man's rebellion and passion
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.
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 *
Kelman has artistry, authenticity and a voice of singular power. A Disaffection leaves one reassured and indeed optimistic about the state of British literature today. * Independent *
- Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction) 1989
ISBN: 9780099283096
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Weight: 245g
352 pages