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Try reading the book in the Scots dialect! It takes about a chapter to figure out what they heck they're saying, then you have to go back and re-read it and it finally makes sense.
Interesting. Would you recommend the book? Library's Overdrive has the Kindle. Wonder why it says Trainspotting (Mark Renton series Book 2)?
Hmm, I'll have to check on the books I have. I thought Trainspotting and Porno were about the same people, and Porno was sort of a sequel.
I started with The Acid House, which is short stories. That got me used to reading the dialect phonetically. I tend to absorb what I read visually, but with those books, I definitely had to 'hear' the words in my head to understand. There was another book of short stories I had called Ecstasy.
The novels I have by Welsh are all one-word titles, like Trainspotting and Porno. I remember Glue and Filth. I have them all mixed up in my memory now, and can't recall which were better than others. Skagboys doesn't sound familiar; was that about the same characters?
Update: I just looked it up. Skagboys is a prequel to Trainspotting. I never read it! I guess I'll read them in order:
1. Skagboys, published 2012
2. Trainspotting, published 1993
3. Porno, published 2002
I am STOKED about this upcoming movie! I loved the first Trainspotting and I really like Danny Boyles. In fact, in honor of the upcoming movie, I rewatched Trainspotting the other night and I've been catching up on Danny Boyles and Ewan McGregor movies that I either haven't seen in a long time or have never seen. For instance, "Trance." Excellent movie.
I don't know how I didn't realize that Slumdog Millionaires is a Danny Boyles movie.
Also, from WAY back, for all you Ewan and Danny Boyles fans - if you haven't seen "Shallow Grave" (the one with EM in it) then you are in for a TREAT - if you liked Trainspotting.
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