Dead Men's Trousers

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And women are, for the most part, either whining and needy or gagging for it, or both – though you could just about attribute the misogyny to the deplorable worldviews of the various narrators.

Back in California Begbie largely transforms back into artist and family man, to all intents and purposes. La versione adulta dei Leith-boys va dall’inverosimile all’impossibile, le situazioni in cui vengono calati sono paradossali, ma da loro coetaneo sublimo la mia (discutibile) normalità e la mia (presunta) correttezza divertendomi un sacco. I loved Dead Men’s Trousers the first time around and after rereading Trainspotting just before rereading DMT, I loved it even more this time. Pochi libri hanno a che fare con il piacere di leggere (del tutto personale) come quelli di questa saga; mi ritrovo a girare le pagine con un ghigno beffardo, mi vien da credere che più di me si sia divertito solo il loro autore a scriverli.While comparisons can be made to the first sequel novel Porno, which was about gentrification after coming home to the ol' scene, suddenly all our old friends are middle-aged and very successful. Let’s be honest here, we all have a bit of - Begbie, Renton, Sick boy and Spud buried deep inside us. After ending on a totally holy shit moment, Welsh picks up Dead Men’s Trousers from that precise point - thank fuck.

But at least he lived: it would be the worst thing on earth to have those politics at an early age, to be born with that essential part of you already dead. Scenes of violence are graphic and prolonged, perhaps worsened by the implication that “they deserved it”. Mi sa che se eri gay-etero io sarei stato un filo geloso, perché avresti avuto più possibilità di chiavata di me» gli spiego.

Our anti-heroes like to think they've changed and grown up, but when it comes down to it, they haven't evolved nearly as much as they like to think.

Welsh also works the novel around Hib’s historic Scottish Cup win with him and the fictional characters all being supporters of the club. The jet-setting, the money and the lack of a fixed locale only serve to show that Welsh is wealthy and living a different life now (and, unfortunately, do nothing for the writing).Most guys would love the powers Sick boy and Juice Terry have over the opposite sex at the same time as been appalled at the treatment these women get at the hands of these philanderers. Dead Men’s Trousers feels like coming home to old friends and the throw backs to Trainspotting – the PERFECT execution of tying these stories back in together after so many years; some mentions very obvious and others so beautifully subtle it almost brings a tear to the eye – had me much more emotional than I was prepared for. With at least two of the main characters comfortably sorted and sharing a rather saccharine 'happy ever after' ending, is this the end for the Trainspotting cast?

In this the latest and apparently last novel in the series, the gang, now all in middle age are thrown together for one last enterprise. But everyone other than Spud is comparatively rich – most especially the Miami-based Welsh himself – and they all spend their time in pursuit of the “more” that will finally fill their empty spaces. Last Supper" Steal: Begbie's DMT hallucination is himself at a The Last Supper-style dinner with several people who are now dead. But as they both now have homes in California, they begin to socialise and Renton attempts to pay Begbie back for old debts. Perhaps he can settle down now that he does not need to check the rear view mirror for Begbie and the glint of a knife.Peccato ancora una volta per il finale splatter (già successo ne “L'artista del coltello”), i primi capitoli sono molto più godibili degli ultimi. Then Welsh throws in a little extra prostitution, murder, blackmail and organ harvesting and a game of football that is a lifetime in the making. Ever since reading Trainspotting, all those years ago, I’ve been a huge fan of Irvine Welsh and especially of his novels involving the main protagonists from that first novel. Unfortunately, this also has me questioning whether the other books are as good as I remember them being - a question which I'm sure will answer itself in due course.