In fact, it has only one extended sex scene,, very tastefully done, no kinkiness whatsoever, the normal sex a couple do after five years of marriage living in a tenement flat without any bedroom with a young son who could wake up at any time while they're humping. I think Kelman’s portrayal of the harsh realities of life for British people in the 80’s was spot on. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Here was a man living only a few miles away, in my time, writing powerful, funny, moving prose about the torments and consolations of people who didn't have much money, and whose parents and grandparents didn't either.
And Truth, his constant small lies and untruths where they do not matter because the world itself is made of them and Hines prefers the cold darkness of some less comforting Truth. It has a fast pace and quickly locks the reader into the story.
But these frustrations make them real and ultimately relatable characters. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! [5], Harry Ritchie, writing in the Sunday Times, notes that Kelman found his voice "halfway through The Busconductor Hines [...] The voice is an uncompromisingly working-class Glaswegian one, which must pose problems for non-Scots [...] and which also can mask its idiosyncrasies. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. No quotation marks, no question marks, lots of thoughts that just trail off, weird syntax, Glaswegian: I felt immediately immersed in the world of the Busconductor Hines. So the unwilling reader is dragged along through Hines workday, all the irrelevant and crass conversation intact.
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They were all dead, or lived in faraway places like Italy or London, or were too prosperous to be personally jeopardised. The author may have been trying to artistically express something or other through his lack of dialogue markers, but sometimes, especially when the point of it is not apparent, I feel that the ease of the reader should come first. very well written, kelman broke the mould writing about urban working class life .
He's regularly drunk, regularly late, and a pretty terrible father to boot. Living in a no-bedroomed tenement flat, coping with the cold and boredom of busconducting and the bloody-mindedness of Head Office, knowing that emigrating to Australia is only an impossible dream, Robert Hines finds life to be 'a very perplexing kettle of coconuts'. It’s been a long time since an author conjured such a realistic believable setting. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer. I don't know what I would have done if the answer had been "No".
I read a third of this and had to give up. The Busconductor Hines was the fuller realisation of Kelman's greatness. Hines, the Glasgow conductor, struggles to make his consciousness of the overwhelming arbitrariness of the universe correspond to his immediate human instincts - to love, pity or hate the individuals around him, his wife, his child, his family, the drivers and conductors, his petty supervisors. Puzzling.
Robert Hines lives in a Glasgow slum with his wife and child and works (kind of) collecting fares on the buses. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time. I absolutely loved this book. Et's jest the common nor garden shite that gaes on in this radge bastard's brain whit's a fuckin loser bus conductor in fuckin Glasgae back in the eighties, an the microscopic detail ae all the fuckin shite that happens in his miserable life like we's all gaggin tae read sich shite, an there's nae story, na. THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES Also by James Kelman in Polygon A Chancer Not not while the giro An Old Pub Near the Angel THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES James Kelman This ebook edition I could almost have been reading a memoir. Rab Hines hates his job as a busconductor, but he loves his wife and child and dreams of going to live in Australia. No_Favorite. This incredibly dour Scottish novel features the drudgery of a Glasgow bus-conductors life. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time.
And all such a pleasure to read. And my irritation at the lack of speech marks and "proper" punctuation only marks me out as a Grammar Nazi. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
978-0857901439. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. They live frugally on limited resources with entertainment limited to going to the pub and meeting friends, reading, watching television and caring for their son. Kelman's writing style is difficult. Jest so youse don't think I'm spinnin some yarn here, I did this wee scan for yis tae prove ma point, see if ah'm tellin the absolute God's bollock honest truth : A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. Ye wantae know whut this shitpile is like? The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. As a young writer I experimented with Kelmanesque style and subject matter, not very successfully. But there are things a writer can teach you that are neither style nor content. Do not expect a Hollywood ending, just the truth, as best as it can be presented in a peice of literature. At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was reassured that Kelman had a family, a place to live, means of support. Fantastic book - I read it many years ago and have never forgotten it.
I didn’t like How Late it was , How Late too much and The Busconductor Hines didn’t really impress me either. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work.
And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. [3], A profile in the Sunday Times retells the reception of this novel by critics: "head Booker judge Richard Cobb voted Kelman's The Busconductor Hines to be one of the two worst books submitted to the competition. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to him.
I think this worked really well. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper co. I feel like I should've appreciated this more than I actually did; at times I got into it but it just didn't quite grab me enough or consist of enough for me to recommend it very strongly. Book of a lifetime: The Busconductor Hines, By James Kelman, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Kelman makes such a loud argument for the intelligence and intellectual validity of the characters in his milieu, but provides. levels of the book and of the mind of the Busconductor Hines, the inside life which isn't, because it is outside all the time, but it feels in, Very funny, very touching, a grandeur to this bit of life as fleeting as rubbish blowing on a wet windy darkness. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to h. HIGHLIGHTS: I was blown away by how real The Busconductor Hines felt. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper content to justify this kind of slow, belaboured reading. The Busconductor Hines is a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of the Glasgow scene, a portrait of working-class life which is unheroic but humane. But in his own he.
At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. The Busconductor Hines was steeped in realism. It is possible that even if you combine all of Henry Miller's works they still would not outnumber the times the words "fuck," "fucking," and "cunt" are used in this novel which is not even a sex book. Kelman's writing style is difficult.
In fact, it has only one extended sex scene,, very tastefully done, no kinkiness whatsoever, the normal sex a couple do after five years of marriage living in a tenement flat without any bedroom with a young son who could wake up at any time while they're humping. I think Kelman’s portrayal of the harsh realities of life for British people in the 80’s was spot on. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Here was a man living only a few miles away, in my time, writing powerful, funny, moving prose about the torments and consolations of people who didn't have much money, and whose parents and grandparents didn't either.
And Truth, his constant small lies and untruths where they do not matter because the world itself is made of them and Hines prefers the cold darkness of some less comforting Truth. It has a fast pace and quickly locks the reader into the story.
But these frustrations make them real and ultimately relatable characters. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! [5], Harry Ritchie, writing in the Sunday Times, notes that Kelman found his voice "halfway through The Busconductor Hines [...] The voice is an uncompromisingly working-class Glaswegian one, which must pose problems for non-Scots [...] and which also can mask its idiosyncrasies. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. No quotation marks, no question marks, lots of thoughts that just trail off, weird syntax, Glaswegian: I felt immediately immersed in the world of the Busconductor Hines. So the unwilling reader is dragged along through Hines workday, all the irrelevant and crass conversation intact.
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They were all dead, or lived in faraway places like Italy or London, or were too prosperous to be personally jeopardised. The author may have been trying to artistically express something or other through his lack of dialogue markers, but sometimes, especially when the point of it is not apparent, I feel that the ease of the reader should come first. very well written, kelman broke the mould writing about urban working class life .
He's regularly drunk, regularly late, and a pretty terrible father to boot. Living in a no-bedroomed tenement flat, coping with the cold and boredom of busconducting and the bloody-mindedness of Head Office, knowing that emigrating to Australia is only an impossible dream, Robert Hines finds life to be 'a very perplexing kettle of coconuts'. It’s been a long time since an author conjured such a realistic believable setting. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer. I don't know what I would have done if the answer had been "No".
I read a third of this and had to give up. The Busconductor Hines was the fuller realisation of Kelman's greatness. Hines, the Glasgow conductor, struggles to make his consciousness of the overwhelming arbitrariness of the universe correspond to his immediate human instincts - to love, pity or hate the individuals around him, his wife, his child, his family, the drivers and conductors, his petty supervisors. Puzzling.
Robert Hines lives in a Glasgow slum with his wife and child and works (kind of) collecting fares on the buses. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time. I absolutely loved this book. Et's jest the common nor garden shite that gaes on in this radge bastard's brain whit's a fuckin loser bus conductor in fuckin Glasgae back in the eighties, an the microscopic detail ae all the fuckin shite that happens in his miserable life like we's all gaggin tae read sich shite, an there's nae story, na. THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES Also by James Kelman in Polygon A Chancer Not not while the giro An Old Pub Near the Angel THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES James Kelman This ebook edition I could almost have been reading a memoir. Rab Hines hates his job as a busconductor, but he loves his wife and child and dreams of going to live in Australia. No_Favorite. This incredibly dour Scottish novel features the drudgery of a Glasgow bus-conductors life. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time.
And all such a pleasure to read. And my irritation at the lack of speech marks and "proper" punctuation only marks me out as a Grammar Nazi. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
978-0857901439. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. They live frugally on limited resources with entertainment limited to going to the pub and meeting friends, reading, watching television and caring for their son. Kelman's writing style is difficult. Jest so youse don't think I'm spinnin some yarn here, I did this wee scan for yis tae prove ma point, see if ah'm tellin the absolute God's bollock honest truth : A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. Ye wantae know whut this shitpile is like? The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. As a young writer I experimented with Kelmanesque style and subject matter, not very successfully. But there are things a writer can teach you that are neither style nor content. Do not expect a Hollywood ending, just the truth, as best as it can be presented in a peice of literature. At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was reassured that Kelman had a family, a place to live, means of support. Fantastic book - I read it many years ago and have never forgotten it.
I didn’t like How Late it was , How Late too much and The Busconductor Hines didn’t really impress me either. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work.
And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. [3], A profile in the Sunday Times retells the reception of this novel by critics: "head Booker judge Richard Cobb voted Kelman's The Busconductor Hines to be one of the two worst books submitted to the competition. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to him.
I think this worked really well. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper co. I feel like I should've appreciated this more than I actually did; at times I got into it but it just didn't quite grab me enough or consist of enough for me to recommend it very strongly. Book of a lifetime: The Busconductor Hines, By James Kelman, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Kelman makes such a loud argument for the intelligence and intellectual validity of the characters in his milieu, but provides. levels of the book and of the mind of the Busconductor Hines, the inside life which isn't, because it is outside all the time, but it feels in, Very funny, very touching, a grandeur to this bit of life as fleeting as rubbish blowing on a wet windy darkness. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to h. HIGHLIGHTS: I was blown away by how real The Busconductor Hines felt. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper content to justify this kind of slow, belaboured reading. The Busconductor Hines is a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of the Glasgow scene, a portrait of working-class life which is unheroic but humane. But in his own he.
At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. The Busconductor Hines was steeped in realism. It is possible that even if you combine all of Henry Miller's works they still would not outnumber the times the words "fuck," "fucking," and "cunt" are used in this novel which is not even a sex book. Kelman's writing style is difficult.
In fact, it has only one extended sex scene,, very tastefully done, no kinkiness whatsoever, the normal sex a couple do after five years of marriage living in a tenement flat without any bedroom with a young son who could wake up at any time while they're humping. I think Kelman’s portrayal of the harsh realities of life for British people in the 80’s was spot on. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Here was a man living only a few miles away, in my time, writing powerful, funny, moving prose about the torments and consolations of people who didn't have much money, and whose parents and grandparents didn't either.
And Truth, his constant small lies and untruths where they do not matter because the world itself is made of them and Hines prefers the cold darkness of some less comforting Truth. It has a fast pace and quickly locks the reader into the story.
But these frustrations make them real and ultimately relatable characters. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! [5], Harry Ritchie, writing in the Sunday Times, notes that Kelman found his voice "halfway through The Busconductor Hines [...] The voice is an uncompromisingly working-class Glaswegian one, which must pose problems for non-Scots [...] and which also can mask its idiosyncrasies. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. No quotation marks, no question marks, lots of thoughts that just trail off, weird syntax, Glaswegian: I felt immediately immersed in the world of the Busconductor Hines. So the unwilling reader is dragged along through Hines workday, all the irrelevant and crass conversation intact.
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They were all dead, or lived in faraway places like Italy or London, or were too prosperous to be personally jeopardised. The author may have been trying to artistically express something or other through his lack of dialogue markers, but sometimes, especially when the point of it is not apparent, I feel that the ease of the reader should come first. very well written, kelman broke the mould writing about urban working class life .
He's regularly drunk, regularly late, and a pretty terrible father to boot. Living in a no-bedroomed tenement flat, coping with the cold and boredom of busconducting and the bloody-mindedness of Head Office, knowing that emigrating to Australia is only an impossible dream, Robert Hines finds life to be 'a very perplexing kettle of coconuts'. It’s been a long time since an author conjured such a realistic believable setting. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer. I don't know what I would have done if the answer had been "No".
I read a third of this and had to give up. The Busconductor Hines was the fuller realisation of Kelman's greatness. Hines, the Glasgow conductor, struggles to make his consciousness of the overwhelming arbitrariness of the universe correspond to his immediate human instincts - to love, pity or hate the individuals around him, his wife, his child, his family, the drivers and conductors, his petty supervisors. Puzzling.
Robert Hines lives in a Glasgow slum with his wife and child and works (kind of) collecting fares on the buses. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time. I absolutely loved this book. Et's jest the common nor garden shite that gaes on in this radge bastard's brain whit's a fuckin loser bus conductor in fuckin Glasgae back in the eighties, an the microscopic detail ae all the fuckin shite that happens in his miserable life like we's all gaggin tae read sich shite, an there's nae story, na. THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES Also by James Kelman in Polygon A Chancer Not not while the giro An Old Pub Near the Angel THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES James Kelman This ebook edition I could almost have been reading a memoir. Rab Hines hates his job as a busconductor, but he loves his wife and child and dreams of going to live in Australia. No_Favorite. This incredibly dour Scottish novel features the drudgery of a Glasgow bus-conductors life. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time.
And all such a pleasure to read. And my irritation at the lack of speech marks and "proper" punctuation only marks me out as a Grammar Nazi. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
978-0857901439. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. They live frugally on limited resources with entertainment limited to going to the pub and meeting friends, reading, watching television and caring for their son. Kelman's writing style is difficult. Jest so youse don't think I'm spinnin some yarn here, I did this wee scan for yis tae prove ma point, see if ah'm tellin the absolute God's bollock honest truth : A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. Ye wantae know whut this shitpile is like? The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. As a young writer I experimented with Kelmanesque style and subject matter, not very successfully. But there are things a writer can teach you that are neither style nor content. Do not expect a Hollywood ending, just the truth, as best as it can be presented in a peice of literature. At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was reassured that Kelman had a family, a place to live, means of support. Fantastic book - I read it many years ago and have never forgotten it.
I didn’t like How Late it was , How Late too much and The Busconductor Hines didn’t really impress me either. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work.
And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. [3], A profile in the Sunday Times retells the reception of this novel by critics: "head Booker judge Richard Cobb voted Kelman's The Busconductor Hines to be one of the two worst books submitted to the competition. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to him.
I think this worked really well. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper co. I feel like I should've appreciated this more than I actually did; at times I got into it but it just didn't quite grab me enough or consist of enough for me to recommend it very strongly. Book of a lifetime: The Busconductor Hines, By James Kelman, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Kelman makes such a loud argument for the intelligence and intellectual validity of the characters in his milieu, but provides. levels of the book and of the mind of the Busconductor Hines, the inside life which isn't, because it is outside all the time, but it feels in, Very funny, very touching, a grandeur to this bit of life as fleeting as rubbish blowing on a wet windy darkness. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to h. HIGHLIGHTS: I was blown away by how real The Busconductor Hines felt. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper content to justify this kind of slow, belaboured reading. The Busconductor Hines is a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of the Glasgow scene, a portrait of working-class life which is unheroic but humane. But in his own he.
At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. The Busconductor Hines was steeped in realism. It is possible that even if you combine all of Henry Miller's works they still would not outnumber the times the words "fuck," "fucking," and "cunt" are used in this novel which is not even a sex book. Kelman's writing style is difficult.
In fact, it has only one extended sex scene,, very tastefully done, no kinkiness whatsoever, the normal sex a couple do after five years of marriage living in a tenement flat without any bedroom with a young son who could wake up at any time while they're humping. I think Kelman’s portrayal of the harsh realities of life for British people in the 80’s was spot on. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Here was a man living only a few miles away, in my time, writing powerful, funny, moving prose about the torments and consolations of people who didn't have much money, and whose parents and grandparents didn't either.
And Truth, his constant small lies and untruths where they do not matter because the world itself is made of them and Hines prefers the cold darkness of some less comforting Truth. It has a fast pace and quickly locks the reader into the story.
But these frustrations make them real and ultimately relatable characters. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! [5], Harry Ritchie, writing in the Sunday Times, notes that Kelman found his voice "halfway through The Busconductor Hines [...] The voice is an uncompromisingly working-class Glaswegian one, which must pose problems for non-Scots [...] and which also can mask its idiosyncrasies. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. No quotation marks, no question marks, lots of thoughts that just trail off, weird syntax, Glaswegian: I felt immediately immersed in the world of the Busconductor Hines. So the unwilling reader is dragged along through Hines workday, all the irrelevant and crass conversation intact.
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They were all dead, or lived in faraway places like Italy or London, or were too prosperous to be personally jeopardised. The author may have been trying to artistically express something or other through his lack of dialogue markers, but sometimes, especially when the point of it is not apparent, I feel that the ease of the reader should come first. very well written, kelman broke the mould writing about urban working class life .
He's regularly drunk, regularly late, and a pretty terrible father to boot. Living in a no-bedroomed tenement flat, coping with the cold and boredom of busconducting and the bloody-mindedness of Head Office, knowing that emigrating to Australia is only an impossible dream, Robert Hines finds life to be 'a very perplexing kettle of coconuts'. It’s been a long time since an author conjured such a realistic believable setting. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer. I don't know what I would have done if the answer had been "No".
I read a third of this and had to give up. The Busconductor Hines was the fuller realisation of Kelman's greatness. Hines, the Glasgow conductor, struggles to make his consciousness of the overwhelming arbitrariness of the universe correspond to his immediate human instincts - to love, pity or hate the individuals around him, his wife, his child, his family, the drivers and conductors, his petty supervisors. Puzzling.
Robert Hines lives in a Glasgow slum with his wife and child and works (kind of) collecting fares on the buses. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time. I absolutely loved this book. Et's jest the common nor garden shite that gaes on in this radge bastard's brain whit's a fuckin loser bus conductor in fuckin Glasgae back in the eighties, an the microscopic detail ae all the fuckin shite that happens in his miserable life like we's all gaggin tae read sich shite, an there's nae story, na. THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES Also by James Kelman in Polygon A Chancer Not not while the giro An Old Pub Near the Angel THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES James Kelman This ebook edition I could almost have been reading a memoir. Rab Hines hates his job as a busconductor, but he loves his wife and child and dreams of going to live in Australia. No_Favorite. This incredibly dour Scottish novel features the drudgery of a Glasgow bus-conductors life. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time.
And all such a pleasure to read. And my irritation at the lack of speech marks and "proper" punctuation only marks me out as a Grammar Nazi. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
978-0857901439. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. They live frugally on limited resources with entertainment limited to going to the pub and meeting friends, reading, watching television and caring for their son. Kelman's writing style is difficult. Jest so youse don't think I'm spinnin some yarn here, I did this wee scan for yis tae prove ma point, see if ah'm tellin the absolute God's bollock honest truth : A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. Ye wantae know whut this shitpile is like? The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. As a young writer I experimented with Kelmanesque style and subject matter, not very successfully. But there are things a writer can teach you that are neither style nor content. Do not expect a Hollywood ending, just the truth, as best as it can be presented in a peice of literature. At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was reassured that Kelman had a family, a place to live, means of support. Fantastic book - I read it many years ago and have never forgotten it.
I didn’t like How Late it was , How Late too much and The Busconductor Hines didn’t really impress me either. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work.
And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. [3], A profile in the Sunday Times retells the reception of this novel by critics: "head Booker judge Richard Cobb voted Kelman's The Busconductor Hines to be one of the two worst books submitted to the competition. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to him.
I think this worked really well. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper co. I feel like I should've appreciated this more than I actually did; at times I got into it but it just didn't quite grab me enough or consist of enough for me to recommend it very strongly. Book of a lifetime: The Busconductor Hines, By James Kelman, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Kelman makes such a loud argument for the intelligence and intellectual validity of the characters in his milieu, but provides. levels of the book and of the mind of the Busconductor Hines, the inside life which isn't, because it is outside all the time, but it feels in, Very funny, very touching, a grandeur to this bit of life as fleeting as rubbish blowing on a wet windy darkness. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to h. HIGHLIGHTS: I was blown away by how real The Busconductor Hines felt. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper content to justify this kind of slow, belaboured reading. The Busconductor Hines is a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of the Glasgow scene, a portrait of working-class life which is unheroic but humane. But in his own he.
At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. The Busconductor Hines was steeped in realism. It is possible that even if you combine all of Henry Miller's works they still would not outnumber the times the words "fuck," "fucking," and "cunt" are used in this novel which is not even a sex book. Kelman's writing style is difficult.
In fact, it has only one extended sex scene,, very tastefully done, no kinkiness whatsoever, the normal sex a couple do after five years of marriage living in a tenement flat without any bedroom with a young son who could wake up at any time while they're humping. I think Kelman’s portrayal of the harsh realities of life for British people in the 80’s was spot on. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Here was a man living only a few miles away, in my time, writing powerful, funny, moving prose about the torments and consolations of people who didn't have much money, and whose parents and grandparents didn't either.
And Truth, his constant small lies and untruths where they do not matter because the world itself is made of them and Hines prefers the cold darkness of some less comforting Truth. It has a fast pace and quickly locks the reader into the story.
But these frustrations make them real and ultimately relatable characters. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! [5], Harry Ritchie, writing in the Sunday Times, notes that Kelman found his voice "halfway through The Busconductor Hines [...] The voice is an uncompromisingly working-class Glaswegian one, which must pose problems for non-Scots [...] and which also can mask its idiosyncrasies. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. No quotation marks, no question marks, lots of thoughts that just trail off, weird syntax, Glaswegian: I felt immediately immersed in the world of the Busconductor Hines. So the unwilling reader is dragged along through Hines workday, all the irrelevant and crass conversation intact.
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They were all dead, or lived in faraway places like Italy or London, or were too prosperous to be personally jeopardised. The author may have been trying to artistically express something or other through his lack of dialogue markers, but sometimes, especially when the point of it is not apparent, I feel that the ease of the reader should come first. very well written, kelman broke the mould writing about urban working class life .
He's regularly drunk, regularly late, and a pretty terrible father to boot. Living in a no-bedroomed tenement flat, coping with the cold and boredom of busconducting and the bloody-mindedness of Head Office, knowing that emigrating to Australia is only an impossible dream, Robert Hines finds life to be 'a very perplexing kettle of coconuts'. It’s been a long time since an author conjured such a realistic believable setting. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer. I don't know what I would have done if the answer had been "No".
I read a third of this and had to give up. The Busconductor Hines was the fuller realisation of Kelman's greatness. Hines, the Glasgow conductor, struggles to make his consciousness of the overwhelming arbitrariness of the universe correspond to his immediate human instincts - to love, pity or hate the individuals around him, his wife, his child, his family, the drivers and conductors, his petty supervisors. Puzzling.
Robert Hines lives in a Glasgow slum with his wife and child and works (kind of) collecting fares on the buses. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time. I absolutely loved this book. Et's jest the common nor garden shite that gaes on in this radge bastard's brain whit's a fuckin loser bus conductor in fuckin Glasgae back in the eighties, an the microscopic detail ae all the fuckin shite that happens in his miserable life like we's all gaggin tae read sich shite, an there's nae story, na. THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES Also by James Kelman in Polygon A Chancer Not not while the giro An Old Pub Near the Angel THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES James Kelman This ebook edition I could almost have been reading a memoir. Rab Hines hates his job as a busconductor, but he loves his wife and child and dreams of going to live in Australia. No_Favorite. This incredibly dour Scottish novel features the drudgery of a Glasgow bus-conductors life. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time.
And all such a pleasure to read. And my irritation at the lack of speech marks and "proper" punctuation only marks me out as a Grammar Nazi. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
978-0857901439. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. They live frugally on limited resources with entertainment limited to going to the pub and meeting friends, reading, watching television and caring for their son. Kelman's writing style is difficult. Jest so youse don't think I'm spinnin some yarn here, I did this wee scan for yis tae prove ma point, see if ah'm tellin the absolute God's bollock honest truth : A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. Ye wantae know whut this shitpile is like? The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. As a young writer I experimented with Kelmanesque style and subject matter, not very successfully. But there are things a writer can teach you that are neither style nor content. Do not expect a Hollywood ending, just the truth, as best as it can be presented in a peice of literature. At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was reassured that Kelman had a family, a place to live, means of support. Fantastic book - I read it many years ago and have never forgotten it.
I didn’t like How Late it was , How Late too much and The Busconductor Hines didn’t really impress me either. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work.
And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. [3], A profile in the Sunday Times retells the reception of this novel by critics: "head Booker judge Richard Cobb voted Kelman's The Busconductor Hines to be one of the two worst books submitted to the competition. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to him.
I think this worked really well. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper co. I feel like I should've appreciated this more than I actually did; at times I got into it but it just didn't quite grab me enough or consist of enough for me to recommend it very strongly. Book of a lifetime: The Busconductor Hines, By James Kelman, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Kelman makes such a loud argument for the intelligence and intellectual validity of the characters in his milieu, but provides. levels of the book and of the mind of the Busconductor Hines, the inside life which isn't, because it is outside all the time, but it feels in, Very funny, very touching, a grandeur to this bit of life as fleeting as rubbish blowing on a wet windy darkness. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to h. HIGHLIGHTS: I was blown away by how real The Busconductor Hines felt. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper content to justify this kind of slow, belaboured reading. The Busconductor Hines is a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of the Glasgow scene, a portrait of working-class life which is unheroic but humane. But in his own he.
At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. The Busconductor Hines was steeped in realism. It is possible that even if you combine all of Henry Miller's works they still would not outnumber the times the words "fuck," "fucking," and "cunt" are used in this novel which is not even a sex book. Kelman's writing style is difficult.
This is just the kind of pompous remark that has fuelled Kelman's love-hate relationship with English critics (they love him, he hates them) and led to his metamorphosis into a cultural icon. Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. One of the things that staggered me about Hines was the rigour of it: there's no sloppiness, no cliché, nothing stale. Et's like tae drive us fuckin cracked, is whut it's like. Addressing his audience, Cobb recalled with astonishment: "There was even one novel written entirely in Glaswegian!" The novel’s set in Glasgow, where I’ve lived for 7 years. My own reaction to this book makes me uncomfortable: I was willing him to do something positive to make the wife who loves him in spite of herself proud, which makes me sound like a part of the Thatcherite "get-on-your-bike" capitalism that reinforced the 1980s. James Meek's new novel is 'The Heart Broke In' (Canongate). Superbly written, of course. As realism goes, this book is spot on. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. In Kelman’s debut novel about a disenchanted Busconductor, a book that was apparently at least 10 years in the making, we can see the foundations of his experimental Glaswegian stream-of-consciousness style. Boy what a book. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. Create lists, bibliographies and reviews: or Search WorldCat. Kelman will anger and frustrate you with the never-ending mistakes his main character continually commits, but this is the mirror he holds to his fellow Scots.
In fact, it has only one extended sex scene,, very tastefully done, no kinkiness whatsoever, the normal sex a couple do after five years of marriage living in a tenement flat without any bedroom with a young son who could wake up at any time while they're humping. I think Kelman’s portrayal of the harsh realities of life for British people in the 80’s was spot on. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Here was a man living only a few miles away, in my time, writing powerful, funny, moving prose about the torments and consolations of people who didn't have much money, and whose parents and grandparents didn't either.
And Truth, his constant small lies and untruths where they do not matter because the world itself is made of them and Hines prefers the cold darkness of some less comforting Truth. It has a fast pace and quickly locks the reader into the story.
But these frustrations make them real and ultimately relatable characters. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! [5], Harry Ritchie, writing in the Sunday Times, notes that Kelman found his voice "halfway through The Busconductor Hines [...] The voice is an uncompromisingly working-class Glaswegian one, which must pose problems for non-Scots [...] and which also can mask its idiosyncrasies. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. No quotation marks, no question marks, lots of thoughts that just trail off, weird syntax, Glaswegian: I felt immediately immersed in the world of the Busconductor Hines. So the unwilling reader is dragged along through Hines workday, all the irrelevant and crass conversation intact.
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They were all dead, or lived in faraway places like Italy or London, or were too prosperous to be personally jeopardised. The author may have been trying to artistically express something or other through his lack of dialogue markers, but sometimes, especially when the point of it is not apparent, I feel that the ease of the reader should come first. very well written, kelman broke the mould writing about urban working class life .
He's regularly drunk, regularly late, and a pretty terrible father to boot. Living in a no-bedroomed tenement flat, coping with the cold and boredom of busconducting and the bloody-mindedness of Head Office, knowing that emigrating to Australia is only an impossible dream, Robert Hines finds life to be 'a very perplexing kettle of coconuts'. It’s been a long time since an author conjured such a realistic believable setting. This novel is the first to be published by Kelman, but it was written after A Chancer. I don't know what I would have done if the answer had been "No".
I read a third of this and had to give up. The Busconductor Hines was the fuller realisation of Kelman's greatness. Hines, the Glasgow conductor, struggles to make his consciousness of the overwhelming arbitrariness of the universe correspond to his immediate human instincts - to love, pity or hate the individuals around him, his wife, his child, his family, the drivers and conductors, his petty supervisors. Puzzling.
Robert Hines lives in a Glasgow slum with his wife and child and works (kind of) collecting fares on the buses. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time. I absolutely loved this book. Et's jest the common nor garden shite that gaes on in this radge bastard's brain whit's a fuckin loser bus conductor in fuckin Glasgae back in the eighties, an the microscopic detail ae all the fuckin shite that happens in his miserable life like we's all gaggin tae read sich shite, an there's nae story, na. THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES Also by James Kelman in Polygon A Chancer Not not while the giro An Old Pub Near the Angel THE BUSCONDUCTOR HINES James Kelman This ebook edition I could almost have been reading a memoir. Rab Hines hates his job as a busconductor, but he loves his wife and child and dreams of going to live in Australia. No_Favorite. This incredibly dour Scottish novel features the drudgery of a Glasgow bus-conductors life. They have a four year old son, Paul and Sandra works part time.
And all such a pleasure to read. And my irritation at the lack of speech marks and "proper" punctuation only marks me out as a Grammar Nazi. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. The twin faults of insolence and indolence are his downfall. The compensations are a wife and child, and a gloriously anarchic imagination.
978-0857901439. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Kelman's portrayal of Glasgow in the 1980's is accurate. They live frugally on limited resources with entertainment limited to going to the pub and meeting friends, reading, watching television and caring for their son. Kelman's writing style is difficult. Jest so youse don't think I'm spinnin some yarn here, I did this wee scan for yis tae prove ma point, see if ah'm tellin the absolute God's bollock honest truth : A well written, depressingly realistic, memorable, sometimes humorous, character driven read about a few months in the life of a Glasgow bus conductor, Robert Hines, aged 38. Ye wantae know whut this shitpile is like? The Busconductor Hines is the first published novel of the Scottish writer James Kelman, published in 1984. As a young writer I experimented with Kelmanesque style and subject matter, not very successfully. But there are things a writer can teach you that are neither style nor content. Do not expect a Hollywood ending, just the truth, as best as it can be presented in a peice of literature. At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles.
Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I was reassured that Kelman had a family, a place to live, means of support. Fantastic book - I read it many years ago and have never forgotten it.
I didn’t like How Late it was , How Late too much and The Busconductor Hines didn’t really impress me either. Kelman is a Scottish author and does write using Scottish vernacular, so some words may become confusing and unintelligible, but it does not effect the understanding or appreciation of his work.
And as a result, I've pretty much forgotten most of it. [3], A profile in the Sunday Times retells the reception of this novel by critics: "head Booker judge Richard Cobb voted Kelman's The Busconductor Hines to be one of the two worst books submitted to the competition. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to him.
I think this worked really well. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper co. I feel like I should've appreciated this more than I actually did; at times I got into it but it just didn't quite grab me enough or consist of enough for me to recommend it very strongly. Book of a lifetime: The Busconductor Hines, By James Kelman, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Kelman makes such a loud argument for the intelligence and intellectual validity of the characters in his milieu, but provides. levels of the book and of the mind of the Busconductor Hines, the inside life which isn't, because it is outside all the time, but it feels in, Very funny, very touching, a grandeur to this bit of life as fleeting as rubbish blowing on a wet windy darkness. I felt sympathy for Hines and could relate to h. HIGHLIGHTS: I was blown away by how real The Busconductor Hines felt. It took me twice as long to read as it usually does for books of this length, and there wasn't enough deeper content to justify this kind of slow, belaboured reading. The Busconductor Hines is a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of the Glasgow scene, a portrait of working-class life which is unheroic but humane. But in his own he.
At times it read like detailed realism, at others like an internal monologue from Kafka. The Busconductor Hines was steeped in realism. It is possible that even if you combine all of Henry Miller's works they still would not outnumber the times the words "fuck," "fucking," and "cunt" are used in this novel which is not even a sex book. Kelman's writing style is difficult.
