{"product_id":"that-was-a-shiver-and-other-stories-9781786890924","title":"That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR SALTIRE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE EDGE HILL PRIZE, 2018\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA local tries to sell his sister to a trucker as he passes through town; a couple put their children to bed and hear a loud scratching at the wall; a man looks into a mirror and reflects on becoming more like his father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSparky, touching and brilliantly daring, these stories uncover human feeling in the ordinary and the everyday, and are a reminder of Kelman's exceptional talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKelman is on another level to most of the living writers in the UK *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eKelman has always been a true and honest writer; which is why he is one of the fairly few who really matter -- ALLAN MASSIE *  * Scotsman *  *\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant . . . this collection shows a writer who is still at the top of his game, brimming with creativity, vitality and artistic integrity *  * Irish Independent *  *\u003cbr\u003eLike the best short story writers - James Joyce, Kafka, John Cheever, Alice Munro - he has reinvented the form *  * The Herald *  *\u003cbr\u003eKelman brings alive a human consciousness like no other writer can -- ALAN WARNER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR THE STORIES OF JAMES KELMAN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTender and funny in a way that may surprise those who know him only by reputation\u003c\/p\u003e *  * Daily Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eA rollicking, riveting read . . . Kelman's language of inner thought is so fluid and immediate it reads more like breath than words *  * Daily Herald *  *\u003cbr\u003eThe mixture of the precisely but surreally bureaucratic and the casually macabre is perfectly judged *  * Sunday Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eYou only have to read one phrase to recognise his utterly distinctive voice: lyrical, philosophical as a pub stool resident and steeped in the street . . . The result, for those who take words seriously, is canonical and pure joy *  * Metro *  *\u003cbr\u003eKelman's language is immediately exciting; like a musician, he uses repetition and rhythm *  * New Yorker *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412368564567,"sku":"9781786890924","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781786890924.jpg?v=1730516534","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/that-was-a-shiver-and-other-stories-9781786890924","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}