A Chancer
 First edition | |
| Author | James Kelman |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Polygon Books |
Publication date | 1985 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | |
A Chancer is a novel by the Scottish writer James Kelman published in 1985 by Polygon Books.[1][2] This novel is the first to be written by Kelman, but it was published after The Busconductor Hines (1984).[3]
In a 2016 interview, Kelman said of A Chancer: "'In that novel, there are no adverbs. There's only concrete. There wouldn't be anything with a value on it, unless it was said in dialogue. Because I tried to create a value-free novel.' He smiles, but there is a hint of resignedness when he says, 'That never gets picked up.'"[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Kővesi, Simon (July 2007). "A Chancer (1985)". Manchester Scholarship Online. doi:10.7228/manchester/9780719070969.003.0003.
- ^ Nicoll, Laurence (2009). "In Place of Dialectics: Freedom and Contingency in Russian and Scottish Fiction". International Journal of Scottish Literature (5).
- ^ Hames, Scott, ed. (2010). The Edinburgh Companion to James Kelman. Edinburgh University Press. pp. ix.
- ^ Twiddy, Cameron (28 July 2017). "An audience with James Kelman". Dundee University Review of the Arts. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
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