Dead Men's Trousers

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Der erste Roman von ihm den ich im Original gelesen habe, da ich diesmal nicht noch ein Jahr auf die Übersetzung warten wollte. But the psychotic Begbie appears to have reinvented himself as a celebrated artist and – much to Mark’s astonishment – doesn’t seem interested in revenge.

Con il quinto ed ultimo, per ora, libro della saga di Trainspotting, i ragazzacci di Leigh ormai cresciuti chiudono più di un conto in sospeso, in una commedia tesa, sfrenata ed irriverente, che ti tiene incollato fino all’ultima pagina tra risate, brividi, e lacrime amare, in una trama imprevedibile a base di miserie umane, traffici di organi, droghe, sesso, volgarità ed omicidi vari, dove sentimenti e risentimenti di amicizie lunghe una vita alla fine esplodono colpendo il lettore allo stomaco ed al cuore. Not to mention, this new novel also directly takes place after the solo Begbie novel Blade Artist which feels like required reading now. 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. Sick Boy is still a narcissistic piece of shit; ruining other people’s lives for his own entertainment. It states on the blurb and all the marketing that a major character will die by the end and while I won't spoil who does it had me guessing who it would be up until about the halfway-mark, where it became obvious one would but then threw in the other major characters as additional possibilities.While I understand the satire, midlife crisis, changing socio-economic dynamics, Brexit and all that, the comedy Welsh generates is irreplaceable. Dead Men's Trousers is for the faithful and would make little sense to anyone not steeped in the story and the characters. It's ruined our politics: the controllers have been dripping it into us for decades, making us compliant, turning us against each other, while they rape the world.

The story left off at the end of Porno, whith Begbie trying to kill Renton, and Renton scamming Sick Boy out of a lot of money. Set in 2015, it follows the characters Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie as they meet up again as middle-aged men. Mi viene in mente che, dopo tutto ’sto tempo di distacco, è la prima volta che io, Franco, Sick Boy e Spud la cantiamo proprio insieme. This may be a spot-on depiction of how annoying such an occupation may be in reality, but realism alone scarcely justifies such dull subject matter, which seems bent on recreating in the reader’s mind the same irritation and boredom Renton is perennially suffering from.Welsh non è autore per tutti, che sia lasciato a noi bastardi potenziali che lo abbiamo nominato portavoce.