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product_id: 269142543
title: "Kieron Smith, boy Paperback – 30 April 2009"
brand: "james kelman"
price: "₨23881"
currency: LKR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 12
url: https://www.desertcart.lk/products/269142543-kieron-smith-boy-paperback-30-april-2009
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# Kieron Smith, boy Paperback – 30 April 2009

**Brand:** james kelman
**Price:** ₨23881
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- **What is this?** Kieron Smith, boy Paperback – 30 April 2009 by james kelman
- **How much does it cost?** ₨23881 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Original and honest
  

*by N***O on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 June 2014*

Kelman is one of the most original and honest writers writing in English today. He writes about the lives of the millions, in this case the inner life of a working class child and his family on a housing estate. Not an easy read for Guardian readers whose street life is confined to wine bars within a mile of London Bridge - but go ahead anyway, and give it a try...and get acquainted with reality

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Youthful angst brought to life
  

*by C***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2011*

I'm a fan of Kelman's previous work but had no real indication of what to expect from this novel. What grabs the reader first is the canny way Kelman is able to voice the inner thoughts of a young boy, not in the way a grown up would perceive a boy would sound like but what a pre-teen boy actually thinks and feels in real-life, well, in a post-war Glasgow life. That is the other dimension to this novel. Kelman gives you a glimpse into what life was like growing up first, in a traditional Glasgow tenement then moving onto the new 'schemes'. On the one hand, you get a sense of the rich and tight community links in Kieron's old neighbourhood which are then replaced by what feels like a more dispersed community when the family moves into one of the modern flats in the schemes. What is also marvellously illustrated is the underlying sectarianism which sucked in boys as young as Kieron who doesn't obviously appreciate the political dimension, but is only to ready to repeat the 'we will never surrender, never ever, ever, never' chants. Overall it's a beautifully crafted work that lets you inhabit the mind and inner workings, traumas, trials and tribulations of a young boy coming trying to navigate his way into puberty.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Great read
  

*by J***T on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2017*

Great read. Book delivered on time.

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