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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.

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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 *

A Disaffection

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    A Paperback / softback by James Kelman

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage Classics
      Published 7 October 1999
      ISBN-13 9780099283096
      978-0099283096
      ISBN-10 0099283093

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      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 *

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