by Irvine Welsh, Jean-René Etienne
Fuckin cauld tae stay here Renton, Sick Boy smirks. Aye, sure it is, comes Rent Boy's fastidious reply. Yae hear that Begbie has whacked another cunt oot oaf his miserable lunacy, Spud comments fae behind, haulding the glass of export. Aye, sure did and wudve done again, Spud didn't notice that Begb...
Je me suis laissé traîner dans la boue pendant ce qui a semblé durer une éternité. J'y ai très bien survécu, pas de problème, merci. Je n'aime rien (sauf la drogue), je ne hais rien (sauf ce qui peut m'empêcher de m'en procurer) et je ne crains rien (sauf manquer).Ils s'installent.L'un deux fait:- C...
It's a genius book, I love the edginess in it.. It's harsh, mad and extremelly powerful.. I really think it's one of the best books I've ever read!
This novel tells the story of a group of junkies living on the edge in Edinburgh. It starts out spreading the story between several key characters - Rents, Sick Boy, and Spud, amongst others. It quickly becomes clear that the story is really that of Mark Renton, or Rents as he is known to his frie...
I have to say that I was not looking forward to this book. An entire book on drug addicts and written in such a strong dialect that a glossary was necessary?? But, by the middle of the book I was hooked. I got to like (and hate) many of the characters and really wanted them to escape the depressing ...
Read a long time ago - a challenging read with disturbing mental pictures
I have tremendous sympathy for addicts, but this didn't grab me. An entire book in dialect is just a pain in the ass to read.
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