How Late It Was, How Late

Tasha Rennie
How Late It Was, How Late Review
                In his Booker Prize winning novel, How Late It Was, How Late, James Kelman tells the story of Sammy, a working class ex- convict in Glasgow. Kelman’s stream-of-consciousness narrative begins with Sammy waking up in an alley with no recollection of the past two days. Sammy explains, [...]

How Late It Was, How Late: It Tastes Awful. And It Works

Marta Zemojtel
English 213
“I mean that was something about Sammy, yer man, know what I’m saying, a lot of cunts would have done their box. But he hadnay. He had survived it…..The nightmare was over. So how come he still couldnay see fuck all?”
            It is through the use of such raw language, uninhibited grammar and [...]