Glorious Filth! (Filth - Irvine Welsh)

Member Name: missbrowneyedgirl

Product:	Filth - Irvine Welsh
Date:	24/09/00 (108 review reads)
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Advantages: A gripping and wonderfully written novel which is unlikely to be committed to film (and therefore can't be ruined by bad casting!)

Disadvantages: It all ends too soon!

Filth truly represents Welsh's literary skills at their best. Not for the faint hearted due to the graphic descriptions of dirty habits, Filth is a tale of a policeman whose wife has left him with little consideration for the fact that his hygiene skills leave a lot to be desired!

In reality DS Robertson is a truly disgusting leading man - the kind you would never wish to meet in fact - but as the story progressing the reader forms a strange affection towards his plight. A racist, backstabbing, uncaring, womanising and generally filthy slob is probably a complimentary way to describe our hero!

The novel uses a lot of Scottish colloquialisms which rather than distracting from the meaning, add a wonderful sense of feeling to the tale. Without spoiling the story too much a considerable portion of the history is relayed to the reader in the voice of the tapeworm, which resides in his gut, and also from the voice of his estranged wife. There are also some wonderful twists throughout the story that, as realisation hits the reader, really show the literary genius of the writer.

Another fantastic book from the author of Trainspotting which I am sure you will be unable to put down.

*update* You can actually pick this book up a lot cheaper than £5.99. For example at bol.com it's only £4.79. I just didn't have a lot of choice in Manchester airport!

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