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Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting

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An authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic portrait of young addicts in Edinburgh. Rents, Sick Boy, Mother Superior, Swanney, Spuds, and Seeker are as unforgettable a clutch of junkies, rude boys, and psychos as are ever likely to be found in fiction.

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Don't Just Throw Momma From the Train... Throw This "Book" Too!
Jan 23, 2003

Pros: it could be longer (thank god it's not)

Cons: brain-dead characters, confusing point-of-view issues, super annoying accent dialect, no plot.

Bottom Line: I wasted eight months of my life reading this pointless book.

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Union Pacific Peep Show
Nov 02, 2001

Pros: Someone to sit next to Burroughs, Thompson, Bukowski, & Vonnegut on my shelf

Cons: The schemes

Bottom Line: Stark language and deliberate style ... subversion in literature lives on.

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The Scottish Perspective
Nov 07, 2004

Pros: Funny, honest, great characters, realistic.

Cons: may be hard for some to understand

Bottom Line: Read it because its one of the best books ever written!

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Fear and Loathing In Edinburgh
Oct 10, 2003

Pros: Eye popping revelation of heroine addiction and its consequences. A gritty realistic read.

Cons: Difficult language, and that is the only hurdle the reader must jump over.

Bottom Line: This is a page turner. Tasty. Satisfying. And just try recommending it to friends. They'll hate it and you'll be hip, sensitive and intellectually superior.

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Meandering plot makes some great points, ye ken?
Jul 09, 2000

Pros: Welsh accurately brings Scottish dialect to page

Cons: Hard to keep track of narrative voice

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Better than the bible.
Aug 11, 2000

Pros: A really Good book

Cons: hard to get the lingo first time you read it.

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Harshly Entertaining.
Mar 20, 2000

Pros: Well written, good development, tight interconnectedness of plot and characters, very interesting and kept my attention. Also, a glossary of terms in the back of the book.

Cons: Graphic and a little difficult at times, due to the dialect.

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awright ye, this a true original, ken?
May 22, 2000

Pros: terribly entertaining n brave

Cons: a difficult read due tae the language n subject matta

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Ah really dug it, likesay?
Mar 30, 2000

Pros: Great writing, great story, just really gude.

Cons: None

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True Horrors of Heroin Addictin Deftly Disrobed
Nov 26, 1999

Pros: Expertly narrated, beautifully handled. Characters are phenomenally real.