Colla

It's nowhere near the caliber of Trainspotting, which must be mentioned every time one reviews anything by Irvine Welsh, but Glue was an interesting attempt to write something in that same Extended Universe with quite different themes. Also about four Scottish friends growing up in the dredges of so Leggi tutto

Fantastic. Great characters. Loved following these boys.

Colla: s.f. sostanza dotata di forte potere adesivo, ottenuta facendo bollire scarti animali. Andrew, Billy, Carl e Terry sono quattro amici che si conoscono da bambini a scuola, per poi crescere insieme nella Corea, uno dei più squallidi sobborghi edimburghesi, tra risse da stadio, sesso, droga e sb Leggi tutto

Just fucking brilliant. This incredible epic is Welsh at his finest.

If you don't want to read a book filled with words that are written so that when you read them you are pronouncing words in a Scottish accent then this and many of his books are not the books for you. If you don't mind that then go for it, it only takes about a chapter to become proficient in readin Leggi tutto

This was one of the first Welsh books I discovered, and I loved it. It's as heartbreaking as it is funny and the four main characters are bizarrely likeable. The fourth of the five sections is not quite so captivating as the others but it doesn't detract from the novel too much at all.

"Glue" is about four boys from working class families in Edinburgh. It follows them from being small kids to adulthood, with some stops along the way. It runs roughly parallel with Welsh's "Trainspotting" and some of the characters from "Trainspotting" make brief appearances in "Glue" as they know s Leggi tutto