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Filth

By: Irvine Welsh
Narrated by: Tam Dean Burn Burn
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With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are irritating flies in the ointment, though, including a missing wife, a nagging cocaine habit, a dramatic deterioration in his genital health, a string of increasingly demanding extra-marital affairs. The last thing he needs is a messy murder to solve. Still it will mean plenty of overtime, a chance to stitch up some collegues and finally clinch the promotion he craves. But as Bruce spirals through the lower reaches of degradation and evil, he encounters opposition - in the form of truth and ethical concience - from the most unexpected quarter of all: his anus. In Bruce Robertson, Welsh has created one of the most corrupt, misanthropic characters in contemporary fiction , and has writt en a dark, disturbing and very funny novel about sleaze, power, and the abuse of everything. At last, a novel that lives up to its name. Crime Fiction Dark Humour Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire World Literature Fiction Crime Suspense Christmas
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If you could sum up Filth in three words, what would they be?

Strange. Disturbing. Welsh.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Filth?

The strange interludes where a tapeworm inside the main character is temporarily given a voice.

Those handful of moments give the book an errie and disturbing, but memorable tone; especially in audiobook form.

What about Tam Dean Burn’s performance did you like?

His reading of Filth captured the tone of the book perfectly.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

There already is a film adaptation of Filth in the works.

So, I can't think of anything other than the film's real tagline "It's a filthy job getting to the top, but somebody's got to do it"

"Eaaaaaat, Eaaaaaat"

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great telling of the original book. some significant differences from the film so a different experience.

book film film book

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Tan Dean Burn is amazing.
I was just so disappointed to realise it was an abridged version as it very quickly got to the end and he hadn’t even been on his trip to Amsterdam!

Abridged version!

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ok I admit I didn't realise it was the abridged version..
Literally my favourite book of all time cut to ribbons.
Little details (which make the story!) like his frozen gala pie.. details of his time in the Australian police, and most criminal of all the ENTIRE trip to Amsterdam!!
still an utterly amazing story but next time I'll read the fine details of the audible description and get the full copy.. or maybe stop being lazy and read the book myself (again) 😜

All the best bits missing!!

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could not stop listening to this, brilliant proformance. even laughed out loud a few times.

gripping listen

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