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"Irvine Welsh returns to Edinburgh, the home of Trainspotting and so many of his novels since, with a new novel featuring one of his most iconic and beloved characters 'Juice' Terry Lawson that's thick on the Scottish brogue, heavy on the filth and masterful in its comedic timing.
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Contemporary, comic, relentless and ironic.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Irvine Welsh
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 496
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780224102186
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