Copyright © 1997 by James Kelman. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

First published as a Norton paperback 1998

The text of this book is composed in Adobe New Caledonia, with the display set in Adobe Present Roman. Composition and manufacturing by The Haddon Craftsmen, Inc. Book design by Marjorie J. Flock.

The publisher gratefully acknowledges permission to reprint copyright material as follows:

“He knew him well,” “An old pub near the Angel,” “Nice to be nice,” “Away in Airdrie,” “Acid,” “Remember young Cecil.” “No longer the warehouseman,” “The hitchhiker,” “Wee horrors,” “Roofsliding,” “Not not while the giro” from Not not while the giro by James Kelman. Copyright © 1983 by James Kelman. Reprinted by permission of Polygon Books, an imprint of Edinburgh University Press Limited.

“Busted Scotch,” “In a betting shop to the rear of Shaftesbury Avenue,” “learning the Story,” “the paperbag,” “O jesus, here come the dwarfs,” “A Nightboilerman’s notes” from Lean Tales by James Kelman. Copyright © 1985 by James Kelman. Reprinted by permission of Jonathan Cape Limited.

“Cute Chick,” “Dum vivimus, vivamus,” “Forgetting to mention Allende,” “Getting Outside,” “Greyhound for Breakfast,” “Half an hour before he died,” “Old Francis,” “The one with the dog,” “The Red Cockatoos,” “The Small Family” from Greyhound for Breakfast by James Kelman. Copyright © 1987 by James Kelman Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.

“Pictures,” “A walk in the park,” “A situation,” “Street-sweeper,” “That thread,” “A woman and two men,” “Lassies are trained that way,” “by the burn” from The Burn by James Kelman. Copyright © 1991 by James Kelman. Reprinted by permission of Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, an imprint of Reed International Books Limited.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kelman, James, 1946–

    Busted scotch: selected stories / by James Kelman.

      p. cm.

    ISBN 978-0-393-34710-4 (e-book)

    I. Title.

PR6061.E518B88 1997

823′.914—dc20

96-35251

       CIP

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