That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories

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Pub Date 16 Mar 2018 | Archive Date 20 Mar 2018

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Description

The new story collection from Man Booker Prizer Winner James Kelman

A trucker passes through a town he used to know and a local tries to sell him his sister; a couple put their children to bed and hear a loud scratching at the wall; a Principal and his associate examine the dead body before them; a man looks into a mirror and reflects on becoming more like his father.

Sparky, touching and brilliantly daring, these stories uncover human feeling in the ordinary and the everyday, and are a reminder of Kelman's exceptional talent.

The new story collection from Man Booker Prizer Winner James Kelman

A trucker passes through a town he used to know and a local tries to sell him his sister; a couple put their children to bed and...


Advance Praise

Praise for That Was A Shiver

“Brilliant … this collection shows a writer who is still at the top of his game, brimming with creativity, vitality and artistic integrity”—Irish Independent

“Like the best short story writers—James Joyce, Kafka, John Cheever, Alice Munro—he has reinvented the form.”—The Herald

“In his thought-provoking short story collection James Kelman demonstrates why he is one of the few authors who really matter.”—The Scotsman

 “The mixture of the precisely but surreally bureaucratic and the casually macabre is perfectly judged.”—Sunday Times


Praise for James Kelman:

“A true original . . . A real artist”—IRVINE WELSH

“Kelman brings alive a human consciousness like no other writer can”—ALAN WARNER

“[You Have to Be Careful in the Land of the Free] may be the best book we've had thus far about the political and social reverberations of 9/11 in this country.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times Book Review 

 “James Kelman possesses an astonishing voice . . . Read a page of Kelman and you can't help but laud his sheer virtuosity.”—Michael Dirda,  Washington Post Book World 

“Probably the most influential novelist of the postwar period.” —The Times

“One of the most influential writers of his generation.”—The Guardian

 

Praise for That Was A Shiver

“Brilliant … this collection shows a writer who is still at the top of his game, brimming with creativity, vitality and artistic integrity”—Irish Independent

“Like the...


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ISBN 9781786890900
PRICE CA$35.95 (CAD)
PAGES 320

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