# How late it was, how late

**Author(s):** James Kelman
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (0 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/how-late-it-was-how-late/verdict.json
**Genres:** humor
**Pages:** 373
**Publisher:** W. W. Norton
**Published:** Sat Jan 01 1994 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780393327991
**ISBN-10:** 0749395354
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/how-late-it-was-how-late

## Description

In Scotland, the portrait of a petty crook who had one run-in with police too many. It is a series of reflections as he sits in jail, contemplating his fate. He had been in trouble before, but this time it's different, the latest brawl with police cost him his eyesight. Now in addition to all his other troubles he is blind.

## SageChimp reader verdict

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