Porno

So now, ye should prolly ken tha I jist finished up this Irvine Welsh cunt’s book ehs cault Porno. I cannae honestly be puttin masel n a spot of callin it the bes book ays ever read, likesay. But I’d some kinda daft liar if I cault it pure trash also! I cannae rightly say whae I felt like eh went wr Leggi tutto

Perfect. Love these boys, they are like my family. Film was 10/10 too.

La nostra tragedia è che nessuno ha una vera passione Ogni tanto vado a rileggermi i capitoli dedicati a Franco Begbie. E' una delle migliori caratterizzazioni che mi sia mai capitato di trovare. La cattiveria di Welsh è una catarsi. ----- Non gli do le 5 stelle solo perché nella traduzione per rendere Leggi tutto

Hey, I think I already read this some years back... Yes, it's one of those books with the movie posters which we are always embarrassed to have. But this time they renamed it; the book Porno is now called T2 Trainspotting because of that film. It's almost false advertising in fact, as the new movie

O Welsh βασικά ξέρει μια ιστορία να πει. Τη λέει όμως φανταστικά. Ξέρει κ τη γενιά του και την γειτονιά του. Η τομή στην dark side του Leith είναι αιματοβαμμένη, βουτηγμένη στην μιζέρια και στη ντρογκα, αλλά δείχνει ζωή. Το ύφος του απαράμιλλο, και η στακατη γραφή του σε βάζει κάπου εκεί δίπλα να το Leggi tutto

Essendo un gran fan del film Trainspotting (purtroppo ho letto il libro solo l'anno scorso. Mea culpa.), mi sono accinto a leggere questo seguito poco prima che uscisse nelle sale T2 con una certa apprensione, essendo di solito i sequel letterari e cinematografici delle amare delusioni. Sorpresa! Sar Leggi tutto

Having just watched the movie, it's obvious that neither the movie nor the book tried to be anything that trainspotting was. At the same time, book and the movie are two different things, so we've got two sequels to the original. While book replaces heroin addiction with sex and consumerism, movie p Leggi tutto