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Porno

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Porno
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Irvine Welsh
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:496
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780099422464
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 3 July 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ten years on from Trainspotting, Simon 'Sick Boy' Williamson is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity, which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realize his dream of directing and producing a pornographic movie, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton and a motley crew that includes the city's favourite ex-aerated-water-salesman, 'Juice' Terry Lawson. In the world of Porno, however, nothing is straightforward, as Sick Boy and Renton find out that they have unresolved issues to address, concerning the increasingly unhinged Frank Begbie, the troubled, drug-addled Spud, but, most of all, with each other.

Author Biography

Irvine Welsh is the author of ten previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.

Reviews

Funny, appalling, frightening * Mail on Sunday * A brilliant satirical study of the ugly dynamic which draws together predators and prey * Sunday Telegraph * Not for the fainthearted... Highly entertaining * Sunday Times * Funny and eloquently obscene * Daily Telegraph * A worthy sequel... A touching love song to the possibilities and limits of friendship. Charming, funny and sly, Porno is a good poke at all kinds of pretence and moral tidiness * Evening Standard *