Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
James Kelman

Born: June 9, 1946 (age 79)
Bio: James Kelman is an influential Scottish writer of novels, short stories, plays, and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989.
Known for:
- How Late It Was, How Late (1994)
- A Disaffection (1989)
- Kieron Smith, Boy (2008)
- Mo Said She Was Quirky (2012)
- The Busconductor Hines (1984)