The Good Times

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

"The Good Times" was James Kelman's first work after winning the Booker Prize for his novel. How late it was, how late. The twenty first-person narratives portray ordinary people - men and boys facing uncomfortable truths, encountering betrayal or struggling to understand women and work. Tender and lyrical, "The Good Times" is a dazzling collection from one of the world's masters of the short-story form.