James Kelman — The Burn: Stories
London, Secker & Warburg, 1991. First edition. Cloth. A very smart first edition of this collection of short stories from Scottish author James Kelman, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page. A collection of numerous short stories, including: A Walk in the Park, Street-Sweeper, Margaret's Away Somewhere, Naval History, and A Woman and Two Men. Written by James Kelman, a Scottish novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist best known for his working class narrators and their labyrinthine struggles with authority or social interactions, mostly set in his home city of Glasgow. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
