What's your favourite Irvine Welsh novel?

[not henry]

I did actually read glue as I have all his other works. for some reason Trainspotting hit the mark whilst the others didnt

 

[Fallon]

Trainspotting is 30 years old. A classic piece of working class literature.

 

[D'wards]

His early books are all great.
I hated The Lomg Knives- thought it was the worst book I'd read in a long time

 

[girasol]

I read a few of them back in the 90s but don't remember much.

 

[Isambard]

It was just called Ecstasy. That's the one with Jimmy Savile in it. And we all knew it was Jimmy Savile when we read it.

I maybe missed JimS when I read it before, I'll have to go back and have a re read.

 

[Isambard]

Porno, Filth.
Maribou was quite disturbing.

What was that one with the necrophilia?

 

[maomao]

Porno, Filth.
Maribou was quite disturbing.

What was that one with the necrophilia?

That was Jimmy Savile/Freddie Royle in Ecstacy.

 

[Isambard]

That was Jimmy Savile/Freddie Royle in Ecstacy.

At the end, "just paying final respects to an old friend". And of course, plenty people knew what was going on.....

 

[Chilli.s]

Iv read a couple years ago and rated them, so recently Iv filled in a few gaps and listened to a few on audiobook. id heartily recommend any of the Renton series read by Tam Dean Burn, oh my sides, great fun

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Filth. Given it’s the only one I’ve read.