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The good times

by James Kelman

BoysFictionMenSocial life and customsNew York Times reviewedFiction, short stories (single author)Scottish fiction

"The twenty first-person narratives in The Good Times portray ordinary people in a language that makes a glory of their lives. The narrators are men and boys who come face-to-face with uncomfortable truths, whether musing on mortality, encountering betrayals both devastating and trivial, or struggling to understand women or work."--BOOK JACKET.

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Book data: Open Library