where should i start?should i even bother?someone told me it's really hard work getting through the scottish dialogue.
I’m English but really enjoyed his stuff. Helps to watch the film first to get a feel for the sound of the accents. I would say his best is Skagboys and Filth. Sadly he’s very much a one trick pony of writing depressing stories of crackheads and perverts so once you’ve read a couple, you’ve read them all.
>>24120620Trainspotting, Acid House and that's it. Filth if you're under the age of 20. Skagboys is okay but unnecessary. Deadman Trousers is possibly the worst published book I've ever read. Irvine Welsh had one good book in him and a few decent short stories. That's about it.
>>24120620It's just like reading Clockwork Orange, it takes a few chapters to get used to it but after that the dialog is more fun to read than it is a chore. Also not all the chapters of Trainspotting are in dialect. It's great stuff.>>24120655Seconding Acid House; it's been years since I read it and I still think about a few of those stories.
