A Chancer is a novel by the Scottish writer James Kelman published in 1985 by Polygon Books.

[1][2] This novel is the first to be written by Kelman, but it was published after The Busconductor Hines (1984).

[3] In a 2016 interview, Kelman said of A Chancer: "'In that novel, there are no adverbs.

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