James Kelman, 11.30am ***** Dan Cruickshank, 1.30pm *** Every now and then the Book Festival, where normally feathers remain studiedly unruffled, springs splendidly to abrasive life.
Review: Forget rumours that James Kelman has mellowed, says Alan Taylor who heard him talk at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
James Kelman, 11.30am ***** Dan Cruickshank, 1.30pm *** Every now and then the Book Festival, where normally feathers remain studiedly unruffled, springs splendidly to abrasive life.