The Good Times
James Kelman. Anchor Books, $15 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-385-49580-6
FYI: Kelman was the co-winner of the Stakis Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year for The Good Times.
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Reviewed on: 06/14/1999
Genre: Fiction
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