That Was a Shiver, and Other Stories

Synopsis

Intimate New Stories From The Booker Prize-winning James Kelman, Bringing 'alive A Human Consciousness Like No Other Writer Can'. A Trucker Passes Through A Town He Used To Know And A Local Tries To Sell Him His Sister; A Couple Put Their Children To Bed And Hear A Loud Scratching At The Wall; A Principal And His Associate Examine The Dead Body Before Them; A Man Looks Into A Mirror And Reflects On Becoming More Like His Father. Sparky, Touching And Brilliantly Daring, These Stories Reveal Profound Human Feeling In The Ordinary And The Everyday, And Are A Reminder Of Kelman's Exceptional Talent. Oh The Days Ahead -- The Cartwheels Of Life -- Clinging On -- This Has No Title -- The State Of Elixirism -- (tzekovitz Was Another) -- Pick Up The Pieces -- A Friend -- One Has One's Weans -- Bringing Her To The Library -- Did The Pixie Speak? -- Volcanic Matters -- The Principal's Decision -- Words And Things To Sip -- Human Resources Tract 2: Our Hope In Playing The Rules -- The Twitch -- Untethered -- The Truth That Timmy Knew -- Out There -- God Looks Down -- Back In That Town -- A Night At The Theatre -- Items Precarious -- That Was A Shiver. James Kelman.