Based on this review of his new one, it would appear James Kelman has not yet lost the habit of writing novels you really want to like and that are intermittently brilliant but that are just too frigging long and loose to really work. (I'm still curious to read it, though.)
Here's my review of Kelman's previous novel, You Have To Be Careful In The Land Of The Free, from way back in 2004.
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