- dark, comedy, abuse, drug use
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.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Irvine Welsh
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 396
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape, Editori associati, Random House UK
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- English, Italian, Japanese, German
- ISBN
- 9780224041188
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