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Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

An alternate view of life and the inhabitants of Edinburgh.  The language is quite amusing, as it is written in the local vernacular - quite colourful.  You can see the influence of Scottish on Ontario language, particularly the curse words.
A funny book - not much actually happens in the sense of going anywhere with the story.  It is more a rambling portrayal of the lives of a bunch of junkies and the crazy (and disgusting) situations they put themselves in.
More a political statement and an anti-Scottish romanticism statement.

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