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Filth: A Novel | Irvine Welsh
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Tells the story of a detective who sees in a racially motivated murder case the chance to win a promotion
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arlenefinnigan
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Well this was dark. Bruce Robertson might be the most unpleasant protagonist I've ever read, and while you get some context as to why he's the way he is as the novel unfolds, it doesn't make him any less repulsive. I thought the weird formatting with the tapeworm interrupting the narrative was an odd gimmick at first but it ends up being a powerful device. Excellent writing but not an easy read.

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arlenefinnigan
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#ReadHarder challenge 18: a book whose movie or TV adaptation you‘ve seen (but haven‘t read the book).

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yoavshai
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 226.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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arlenefinnigan
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CarolynM 👏👏👏 5y
Heideschrampf Brilliant man! 5y
Cinfhen I stacked this book last time you posted about it....of course I haven‘t gotten any further than that....#somanybookssolittletime 5y
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Mdargusch What a cover! 5y
Reviewsbylola Lolol @cinfhen Pretty typical, at least for me! 5y
emilyhaldi I own this one too, bought it used just for the cover!!! Is it good?! 5y
arlenefinnigan @emilyhaldi haven't read it yet, it's my husband's. The film is.....dark. 5y
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arlenefinnigan
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CarolynM 😂😂😂 5y
Cinfhen That‘s a lovely image 😂😂😜 5y
vivastory 😂😂 I've been meaning to watch the movie adaptation 5y
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arlenefinnigan @vivastory it's, er...... Gritty. 5y
vivastory I wasn't a big fan of the book. It was the last Welsh I read. 5y
emilyhaldi I bought this book at a used bookstore just bc I loved the cover 😆 5y
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Verty
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LOVED this book, so dark!

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arlenefinnigan
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Chained to the mirror and the razor blade #MorningGlory #rocktober @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB 😂😂👍 6y
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andrew61
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#onomatopoeia #jubilantjuly
I've struggled with this one but then i thought that the word 'filth' does lend itself to soundwise to grubbiness and things generally unpleasant - the 'hero' of this book is a horrible character but whilst at the end of reading i felt like a shower, it was a cutting satire of certain parts of society and i gave it 4*

keithmalek Have you read The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins? That, in my opinion, is Welsh's best novel. 7y
andrew61 @keithmalek no, ive recently picked up porno after watching the film but i will look out for it keith- thanks 7y
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arlenefinnigan
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#Cocaine #RockInMay @Cinfhen
I watched the film without reading the book (I know, don't judge me). There's loads of coke in the film so I assume there's loads in the book. It is by Irvine Welsh, after all.

Cinfhen What a cover!!! 7y
keithmalek I highly recommend Welsh's "The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins." 7y
arlenefinnigan @keithmalek sounds very Irvine Welsh. I'll check it out. 7y
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Opening line:
"Woke up this morning." #bookgnome #filth #irvingwelsh #dumbledwarf

keithmalek I highly recommend Welsh's "The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins." 7y
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