September 2007 The Busconductor Hines

Okay, okay. So I'm posting this a little after the event. The book has been read (by some!) and discussed. But I wouldn't want there to be a gap in the list.

Robert works on the buses and lives in a no-bedroomed Glasgow flat with his wife and child. His job is boring, the weather is lousy, and he's becoming increasingly aware that his plans to emigrate won't come to anything. Life, as he sees it, is a 'very perplexing kettle of coconuts'.

James Kelman's first novel is a humane, uncompromising and extremely funny portrait of a man's life.


About James Kelman:

Biography from the British Council
Writing Scotland
Interview in The Barcelona Review (February 2002)
Interview in The Guardian (August 2007)