Trainspotting

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Trainspotting

By: Irvine Welsh

Narrated by: Tam Dean Burn

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Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing f****n junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total f***n embarrassment tae the selfish, f****d-up brats ye've produced. Choose life.

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Having seen the movie several times, and holding it in such esteem that I rank it within my top ten favourite films of all time, I have been meaning to read this book for as long as I can remember. The truth is I have actually owned a paperback copy of “Trainspotting” since about 1997 when I received it as a Christmas present, but had failed to get to grips with the strong Scottish dialect that Irvine Welsh used which was so integral to the story. I think I read the first couple of chapters before giving up, despite a friend of mine telling me that if you persevered, you would eventually get used to all the Scots slang and dialect. So, when I saw an unabridged audiobook was available, I had to give it a go.

And I was not disappointed. This is one of the best novels I have ever read/heard. It is in fact better than the movie and very different. Welsh really is talented and he writes it as a series of vignettes, each narrated by a different character, though most are narrated by the main character, Mark Renton. This novel is both funny and sad, and at times somewhat graphic and vulgar, yet it always remains honest and real.

And I cannot end this review without mentioning the impressive performance of Tam Dean Burn. I do not think there is anyone that could have provided better storytelling than Mr Burn here. It was spot on. He really brought this audiobook to life, and I am pleased to have discovered he narrates other works by Irvine Welsh. If you have not yet heard this audiobook, then give it a go. You will not be disappointed.