Kieron Smith, Boy
by Kelman, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151013489
- ISBN 13
- 9780151013487
- Seller
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Apache Junction, Arizona, United States
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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
- Garys Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-11730030637
- Title
- Kieron Smith, Boy
- Author
- Kelman, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0151013489
- ISBN 13
- 9780151013487
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Orlando
- Date Published
- 2008
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