You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free_Kelman
2006 Nominated

You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Jeremiah Brown is a man of extremes. So when he nips out for a quick drink on the eve of returning to his native Scotland after twelve years in America, anything could happen. Anything at all. Just one quick drink to help him sleep but there’s something about this town and this bar that reminds him of his ex. Soon the memories are flooding in and as the night goes on and the decision to stop smoking looks increasingly ill-timed for a card-carrying alien of questionable politics, Jeremiah getting on that flight tomorrow starts to seem far from certain. Is there any such thing as a certainty? Not tonight. Tonight the only thing certain is that you have to be very careful in the land of the free.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR James
Kelman

James Kelman is a Scottish novelist. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 with A Disaffection, which also won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. He then went on to win the Booker Prize five years later with How Late It Was, How Late, before being shortlisted twice for the Man Booker International Prize, in 2009 and 2011. Dirt Road was shortlisted for the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year. His most recent book of stories, That Was a Shiver, was published by Canongate in 2017.

James Kelman is a Scottish novelist. He was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1989 with A Disaffection, which also won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction. He then went on to win the Booker Prize five years later with How Late It Was, How Late, before being shortlisted twice for the Man Booker International Prize, in 2009 and 2011. Dirt Road was shortlisted for the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year. His most recent book of stories, That Was a Shiver, was published by Canongate in 2017.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Scotland
Original Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harcourt

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