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| Title | : | Porno (Mark Renton #3) |
| Author | : | Irvine Welsh |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 600 pages |
| Published | : | August 28th 2006 by Anagrama (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Contemporary. Dark. Thriller |
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Paperback | Pages: 600 pages Rating: 3.74 | 20947 Users | 558 Reviews
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In the last gasp of youth, Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson is back in Edinburgh. He taps into one last great scam: directing and producing a porn film. To make it work, he needs bedfellows: the lovely Nikki Fuller-Smith, a student with ambition, ego, and troubles to rival his own; old pal Mark Renton; and a motley crew that includes the neighborhood's favorite ex-beverage salesman, "Juice" Terry. In the world of Porno, however, even the cons are conned. Sick Boy and Renton jockey for top dog. The out-of-jail and in-for-revenge Begbie is on the loose. But it's the hapless, drug-addled Spud who may be spreading the most trouble. Porno is a novel about the Trainspotting crew ten years further down the line: still scheming, still scamming, still fighting for the first-class seats as the train careens at high velocity with derailment looming around the next corner.Present Books To Porno (Mark Renton #3)
| Original Title: | Porno |
| ISBN: | 8433972618 (ISBN13: 9788433972613) |
| Edition Language: | Spanish |
| Series: | Mark Renton #3, Terry Lawson #2 |
| Setting: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
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Ratings: 3.74 From 20947 Users | 558 ReviewsEvaluate Out Of Books Porno (Mark Renton #3)
Its hard to know what to say about this book. Trainspotting has been such a favorite of mine for ages that I was a little excited to finally get around to reading the sequel. I think the biggest problem I have with the book is that I'm not convinced that it needed to exists. It almost comes off as a piece of fan fiction Welsh wrote as a fan of his own characters. Thats not to say that parts of it aren't entertaining, because they are. The beginning is alright with the set up of the currentA very interesting story about predators and their prey. It's so long since I've read Trainspotting that I'd forgotten the characters quite a bit but I soon remembered them as they were still the same selfish, opportunistic lot. I never thought I could really like a book that had no characters that I could like. A realistic portrayal of good and bad in one person is fine but I need to root for the protagonist in some way and care about what happens to them. Well I did like Porno but although
I read this book a few years ago and I can honestly say that I actually preferred it to Trainspotting (which I also loved by the way). Welsh seems to drag me into his world of sleaze and filth (no pun intended - also a great Welsh novel) to the point where I feel part of the clique, having a peeve in the local with the lads. Due to the success of Trainspotting on the big screen and its ending of betrayed friendship, Porno had me filled with suspense from the start, just waiting for Frank Begbie
Someone else on here likened it to fan fiction and thats kind of what this is, fan fiction written by the author.So all this poverty/violence/junky porn fiction was getting a little overworked and obvious? then chuck in some 'real' porn to spice it up. Irvine Welshs greatest skill as a writer for me is his ability to take a despicable lowlife scumbag character and make you see his humanity, like in Filth. His worst quality is that he can't write women characters for shite, they're
Am I crazy for thinking this almost rivals Trainspotting? Probably. I never see people include this on their list of favorite Irvine Welsh books, but it's right up there for me. Sequels are usually disappointing, and the idea of seeing your favorite slackers 10 years on (give or take), skag-free, with adult responsibilities doesn't sound very appealing, but, trust me, they haven't changed that much. And while Trainspotting felt like more of a short story collection than a conventional novel,
This is a heavy old read, but what else would you expect from Irvine Welsh? In fact, because the print in this thing is so small, it felt as though it was longer than it was, so I ended up reading it over the course of a month or so, 25 pages at a time in bed. Its pretty weird bedtime reading, but it was also a good way of doing it because it meant that the story unfolded in real time.This is the book that the second Trainspotting movie is based on, and indeed it is a sequel, at least in that
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