GREYHOUND FOR BREAKFAST by Kelman, James - 1988.

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York. 1988. February 1988. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374166870. 230 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Harvey Kerr. keywords: Literature Scotland . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Writing in tough, sometimes grim language, Glasgow native Kelman (A CHANCER, THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES) conveys the streets, pubs and tenements of Glasgow, Manchester and London. This collection of 47 stories is an uneven assortment; to read them together is like finding a precious stone under one rock and an unsavory object under the next. A unifying voice throughout the stories lulls with a gentle lilting wit, but that same voice can turn into a nasty snarl. And even at its mildest, there is hardly a page in the book without several obscene words. Some of the stories are only a paragraph long, while others are rambling monologues of several pages. Perhaps the best writing lies in the affecting third-person narratives in which Kelman deftly evokes a mood, a place, a character or a… Read More

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Booker Prize winning author. Unread and unclipped.

Farrar Straus & Giroux (T), 1988-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1987. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8x5x1. Stated First American printing, 1988 no additional printings indicated. Very good+ hardcover with DJ, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very light wear to brown quarter cloth boards, gold gilt titling on spine remains bright and bold. Text is very good throughout. Unclipped dust jacket ($15.95) is very good+ with light shelfwear. Jacket arrives wrapped in protective Mylar.Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota

NY: Farrar Straus Giroux , 1988. 1st US. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Record # 2817

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, [1988]. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Bound in publisher's original quarter brown cloth and dark tan boards with the spine stamped in gilt.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Hardcover. A collection of 47 stories by the Scottish writer. Kelman won the Booker prize in 1994. 1st American printing. 230 pp. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket (price not clipped; small scuffed area on front dust jacket panel from sticker removal). A clean, fresh, unread copy.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1988. Hardcover. A collection of 47 stories by the Scottish writer. Kelman won the Booker prize in 1994. 1st American printing. 230 pp. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket (price not clipped). A clean, fresh, unread copy.