Mo Said She Was Quirky is a novel by James Kelman first published in 2012 This novel is Kelman's first which is set in London, and also his first to feature a female principal character. Mo said she was quirky by James Kelman: review 'Mo said she was quirky' by James Kelman finds a radical novelist on disappointingly conservative form By Anthony Cummins 16 August 2012 • 07:00 am Mo Said She Was Quirky: The Scottish writer James Kelman is known for producing challenging short stories and novels containing stream-of-consciousness narrative as thick as the brogue of his countrymen. Helen is a Glaswegian woman who now lives in London, working nightshifts as a croupier in a casino. 1 /1 Mo said she was quirky, By James Kelman. Her boyfriend said she was quirky but she is much more than that. The Glaswegian master moves to London and creates a hard-pressed heroine for our age. Mo Said She Was Quirky (Paperback) : Kelman, James : James Kelman, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of How Late It Was, How Late , tells the story of Helen--a sister, a mother, a daughter--a very ordinary young woman. Mo Said She Was Quirky begins on Helen’s way home from work, with the strangest of moments when a skinny, down-at-heel man crosses the road in front of her and appears to be her lost brother. "She" is Helen, 27, a Glaswegian working in a London casino, Mo her live-in boyfriend. Mo said she was quirky begins on Helen’s way home from work, with the strangest of moments when a skinny, down-at-heel man crosses the road in front of her and appears to be her lost brother. What follows is an inspired and absorbing story of twenty-four hours in the life of a young woman. On my last library book binge, I consulted one of my many lists of “books I want to read”. Mo Said She Was Quirky begins on Helen’s way home from work, with the strangest of moments when a skinny, down-at-heel man crosses the road in front of her and appears to be her lost brother. Mo said she was quirky - James Kelman Helen's on her way back from work when she sees a homeless man that reminds her of her long lost brother and sends her into a reverie. What follows is an inspired and absorbing story of twenty-four hours in the life of a young woman. What follows is an inspired and absorbing story of twenty-four hours in the life of a young woman. Mo Said She Was Quirky begins on Helen's way home from work, with the strangest of moments when a skinny, down-at-heel man crosses the road in front of her and appears to be her lost brother. This list in particular consisted of books listed on past syllabi for English classes that we unfortunately never got around to reading. 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