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Title: Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0-393-31480-4 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.68 (156 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Welsh creates original and unpredictable work
Comment: When I bought my copy of Trainspotting it was a few months
before the film came out. I read it with such (I hate to use
the trite term) passion; it is really rare that a book grabs
me so quickly and keeps me there for hours on end. However,
I must admit there were several times during the book that
I cursed it for being so damned unclear. Sometimes I
wouldn't know what character was speaking until the middle
or end of a chapter. Still, I thought the book was amazing
ly original and extremely clever.
Trainspotting had a very good continuity to it;
but, there were some chapters, namely "Bad Blood", that
had basically no relavence to the rest of the story.
"Bad Blood" in particular was not only completely out of
context, it was also thoroughly disgusting until the very
end when the reader finds it was all an evil plot of
revenge.
Even so, Trainspotting was still the most unpredict
able book I have read all year. The ups and downs of the
drugs and the characters lives are very entertaining and al
ways surprising (especially the shit-caked breakfast scene).
In comparison, the movie is more outstanding than
the book is. The film combines all the humerous and
surprising elements with astounding cinematography. At the
end of the book, one almost feels something similar to relief. At
the end of the movie, one is saddened that it is over so
quickly. --TD
Rating: 5
Summary: An novel of pure genious.
Comment: When I first saw the film Trainspotting I was blown away by one of the funniest and most creative films I had seen since Pulp Fiction. When I discovered there was a book behind this remarkable film, I was determend to read it. Borrowing my sister's copy, I spent about a month going through this book's 345 pages (it didn't take so long out of boredom, I'm just a slow reader), and I ended up with only one conclusion...I HAD JUST READ ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVER!! Trainspotting is a hilarious, violent, and even sickening book that takes us into and below the lives of a group of junkies in Edinburgh, Scotland. It takes us into the minds and emotions of several characters, all who at one point in time act as narrator. The book is about heroin, sex, fighting, dead people, almost dead people, stealing, cheating, but most importantly, friendship (or lack of). It is a truly remarkable book which, as "Reble, Inc." says, "deserves to sell more copies than the Bible."
Rating: 5
Summary: Totally brilliant
Comment: After getting used to the admittedly difficult language (it's written entirely in dialect), I was totally engaged by Welsh's story. This book is a brutally honest look at Scottish junkie subculture and although it isn't pretty, it's one of the funniest books I've ever read. "Laugh out loud" funny, like I think Brett Easton Ellis tries to be but doesn't quite get there. At first I wanted to throw it against the wall because the language was so difficult, but once you get used to their cadence and slang you realize that the book couldn't have been written any other way. Also, although I'm a huge Danny Boyle fan, I'd say in this case skip the movie, 'cause it doesn't even come close! Easily one of the best books of the late twentieth century.
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Title: Porno by Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0393324508 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk ISBN: 0805062971 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Survivor : A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk ISBN: 0385498721 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 04 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Acid House by Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0393312801 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Filth by Irvine Welsh ISBN: 0393318680 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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