A Disaffection
First edition | |
| Author | James Kelman |
|---|---|
| Language | Scots |
| Publisher | Secker and Warburg |
Publication date | 1989 |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 337 pp |
A Disaffection is a novel written by Scottish writer James Kelman, first published in 1989 by Secker and Warburg. Set in Glasgow, it is written in Scots using a stream-of-consciousness style, centring on a 29-year-old schoolteacher named Patrick Doyle. The novel won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1989, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In 2012, A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black.