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By Simon Prosser, Publishing Director, Penguin Books

Kieron Smith, Boy

Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman

I am very pleased to introduce a beautiful novel about childhood from one of the finest writers in the English language, Booker-winner James Kelman. In his most accessible and emotional novel to date, he traces the childhood of a poor boy growing up in a rough part of town, bringing to stunning life his adventures, his relationships with his family and most of all his interior world, which is both particular and universal. Acclaimed as one of the greatest Scottish novels of recent years -- and certainly the greatest about childhood, Kieron Smith, Boy has been compared to The Catcher in the Rye as an indelible portrait of a young boy's life.

I do hope that you enjoy it as much as we all have here.

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