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I just finished reading and honestly It just felt like Huckleberry Finn with drunk irish cunts. The use of "slang" and colloquial's is oddly reminiscent to huckleberry's Finns "revolutionary" use of language.

Have you guys read Trainspotting and what did you think of it?

>> No.12769799

>>12769795
>junkie irish cunts***

>> No.12769806

>>12769795
So what's the Irish equivalent of "nigger"?

>> No.12769837

>>12769795
>>12769799
>>12769806
>Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
>Irish
Choose one.

>> No.12769841

>>12769837
>Choose one.
Choose life.
Choose a job.
Choose a career.
Choose a family,

>> No.12769845

>>12769837
irish
scottish
welsh

their all cunts

>> No.12769853

>>12769795
I thought Renton was too sjw for a junkie scumbag
Also too much socialism nonsense
Socialism is for workers and those degenerates were as work shy as they come.

>> No.12769858

@12769795
they weren't Irish anon

>> No.12769861

>>12769806
Knackers
Tinkers
Pikeys

All same same

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>>12769806
"Fuckin failures in a country ay failures. It’s nae good blamin it oan the English fir colonising us. They’re just wankers. We are colonised by wankers. We can’t even pick a decent, vibrant, healthy culture to be colonised by. No. We’re ruled by effete arseholes. What does that make us? The lowest of the fuckin low, the scum of the earth. The most wretched, servile, miserable, pathetic trash that was ever shat intae creation. Ah don’t hate the English. They just git oan wi the shite thuv goat. Ah hate the Scots"

"Ya black bastards! Fuckin black bastards!’ roars a Scots voice as a group ay natives hurl spears intae the side ay a big bison–like creature"

>>12769837
also this

>>12769795
desu I thought is was way better than Huckleberry Finn, Twain's book is only good because it was "the first of its kind" which is also bs desu

>> No.12769883

>>12769868
based

>> No.12770076

>>12769795
the movie was better

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>>12769795
Good book, something about the story and the carachters made it an un expected enjoyable read for me but I can’t quite put my finger in it since Welsh feels as average as it gets.
If you liked it read this now, I’d say it’s slightly better than Trainspotting and the best I’ve read from Welsh yet.

>> No.12771254

>>12771245
I rate Filth too. The characters are all so vivid, not just Bruce
I expect most people on /lit/ are the sad nae mates Bladesy sort, but without the milf wife.

>> No.12771292

>>12769795
>Trainspotting
Hilariously comical and a comedy in the traditional sense, since it's an ascension from misery.
>Skagboy (prequel / written later)
Great jokes and sitcom, but really tragic and overall depressive tone, because the reader knows where the ride will end
>Acid House (short stories)
Had great weird moments. The audiobook is recorded by the author which is extra funny. (Audio quality sucks balls though.)

>> No.12771314

Welsh is a bit of a one trick pony, but most of his 90s output is worth a read. He's been repeating himself since then

>> No.12771394

>>12771314
might be right, but it's not a bad thing. He has his shtick and he's gotten better at his spiel.

>> No.12771961

>>12771314
A lot of incels on this board would be all over Welsh of they read The Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs. Brian Kibby is the perfect stand-in for the majority of posters on this board.

>> No.12771976

How exactly does Welsh's universe connect together? I understand some of his characters pop up in other books that are connected with Trainspotting but I'm pretty confused. Should I just start with Trainspotting then branch out from there?

>> No.12772188

>>12769853
Well, he did fail as a junkie.

>> No.12772226

>irvine WELSH
>is scottish
What did he mean by this

>> No.12772383

>>12769795
It's Scottish you dumb cunt. It's one of my favorite books. I didn't think it would be so rich in humor and tragedy simultaneously before when I had only seen the film.

>> No.12772441

>>12769795
>The use of "slang" and colloquial's is oddly reminiscent to huckleberry's Finns "revolutionary" use of language.
Are you unfamiliar with Scottish literature? Burns, Scott, to mention only the two most famous, had been writing in Scottish dialect long before Twain