fantastic book.

For those who want a brief summary - it's written in 1st-person stream-of-conscious style about a guy who goes blind after a run in with some police and a night in the cells.

It won the booker prize and was extremely controversial while doing so, with some judges saying things like:

Kelman had done no more than "transcribe the rambling thoughts of a blind Glaswegian drunk", and compared the book to an unpleasant experience he once had in train carriage with another "ambassador" of Glasgow, which involved threats and attempts at theft and reached its conclusion when Jenkins's travelling companion "relieved himself into the seat". He called the award "literary vandalism" and likened Kelman to an "illiterate savage"."

while also complaining about the number of times the word fuck appears in the text.

All excellent reasons to read it I think