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A chancer

James Kelman

1987304 pagesabout 5–7 hours
1987
first published
  • 1987Picador, Pan Bks. · 309 pages · ENG
  • 2007Polygon · 408 pages · ENGISBN 9781846970405
  • 1985Polygon · 304 pages · ENGISBN 9780904919912

Tammas is twenty, a loner and a compulsive gambler. Unable to hold a job for long, his life revolves around Glasgow bars, home with his sister and brother-in-law, the dog track, betting shops, casinos and occasionally a day at the races. Sometimes Tammy wins, more often he loses, but betting gives him as good a chance as any of discovering what he really seeks from life since society offers him no prospect of a better or more fulfilling altenative.

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