Tre racconti crudi, farciti di droghe e sesso di qualsiasi genere. In sostanza: da leggere. ( )

This is one of a few Irvine Welsh books that I picked up recently on a buying spree that got a little out of control. As usual, what I read next it determined purely on my mood at that given time so I plucked this off my increasingly heavily laden bookcase.

This book is a collection of 3 shortish stories all connected by drugs. In truth although I enjoyed this book I am struggling to come up with many things to write about it. The characters are all a bit over the top which seem to be very typical of Welsh. For many authors I am sure that this would grate but they seem to fit in with Welsh's writing very well.

My biggest issue of contention is the fact that a lot of the dialogue is written in phonetic Scottish. This can make some of it very hard to follow. I can understand why he has done this as the Scottish language has its own pattern and flow. It also helps the tone in which certain phrases are said but it still gets a bit irritating after a while.

My favourite of the 3 stories was the final one. It perfectly sums up what happened to a lot of the football firms when they discovered ecstasy and raving. I found it got the atmosphere and emotions that the rave scene had spot-on. Although I have never been a football hooligan the rave scenes were superb and really brought back some memories.

Everything considered this was a decent read but I wouldn't rush out to read it again. ( )

A stunning book. Such a surprise that it literally shocked me. Well worth the read. ( )

The same author of Trainspotting. A collection of three short stories with drug-related erotic undertones. The lingo/dialect was slightly difficult to make it through "fitba" is football or soccer. ( )

3 short good funny stories by Irvine Welsh
He is a genius to think this stuff up.
I would recommend this book, good characters there is even somebody in the first story based loosely on Jimmy Saville. ( )