And the Judges Said...

Burn, The
An extraordinary collection of short stories by a master of paranoia and an unsurpassed prose stylist.

Busconductor Hines, The

James Kelman provides a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of Glasgow life – an intelligent, funny and humane novel. First published by Polygon in 1984.    

            

Chancer, A

Polygon relaunches James Kelman’s backlist with four classic titles – Not Not While The Giro, The Busconductor Hines, A Chancer and his very first short story collection, An Old Pub Near The Angel in 2007. Each book features a new afterword in which the mature author reflects on his work and its development. 
    

                

Good Times, The
Features twenty first-person narratives that portray ordinary people - men and boys facing uncomfortable truths, encountering betrayal or struggling to understand women and work.

Greyhound for Breakfast

Not Not While the Giro

This collection, written with irony and great tenderness, confirmed James Kelman’s status as one of the most significant writers in the UK, and remains as powerful, relevant and truthful as it was in the early 1980s.

            

Old Pub Near the Angel, An

Set among the tenements and bedsits of Glasgow, James Kelman’s first collection of short stories shine a light on the exploits of young and old.

            

Selected Stories (Kelman)
James Kelman’s oblique, wry and open-ended short stories reveal him to be a master of the form, and this selection offers some of his best work.

Translated Accounts
Set in an unnamed place that appears to be under military rule, this book comprises of various 'transcribed and/or translated' first-hand narratives of non-English speakers, reminiscent of accounts of incidents in Rwanda, Yugoslavia and even the Cultural Revolution in China.