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Kieron Smith, boy, James Kelman

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Kieron Smith, boy

James Kelman

This is the story of a boyhood in a large industrial city during a time of great social change. Kieron Smith grows from age five to early adolescence amid the general trauma of everyday life--the death of a beloved grandparent, the move to a new home. A whole world is brilliantly realized : sectarian football matches, ferryboats on the river, climbing drainpipes, trees, roof ; street battles, dogs, and cats ; sex, ghosts, and other spiritual beings. A masterpiece

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