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Irvine Welsh 2001 talking about 'Glue'

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Introduction

Glue is a surprisingly warm hearted and wide ranging novel from Irvine Welsh, tracing the journey from adolescence to adulthood of four friends from Edinburgh. Here Irvine Welsh answered David Cunningham's questions prior to attending the Scottish Writers In Bulgaria Festival, which took place in Sofia.


Interview

Irvine Welsh turns up unforgivably late for our meeting. I wait for him in a murky pub in Leith, Edinburgh - the setting for his most famous novel, Trainspotting (1993) and his latest, Glue (2001). The table at which I sit is awash with spilled beer, coasters aswim on its surface. All the furnishings are different shades and textures of brown. The air is so stale that you feel as if you're sitting inside a very old, very used trainer. Crowding the bar, regulars contemplate me with an expression of undisguised hostility.

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Glue

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Irvine Welsh
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Fiction
Review

Given the subject matter of Irvine Welsh's other books, you could be forgiven for misunderstanding the title of his novel, Glue. It actually refers not to substance abuse but to bonds of friendship and focuses on four main characters from Edinburgh: Terry Lawson (‘Juice Terry'), Billy Birrell (‘Business Birrell'), Andrew Galloway (‘Gally') and Carl Ewart (‘DJ N-Sign'). ..read more

Trainspotting

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Irvine Welsh
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Fiction
Review

Many people will find this book hard to read because it is in a language that is hard to understand unless you can read and understand Glaswiegen . I remember the film of this book being released in 1995 in Edinburgh but was not well received south of the border!

I was able to read this book but found the contents disturbing, but I feel that Edinburgh and the surrounding area have changed since it was first written and published in 1993. The book takes on board the subject of drink and drugs with the main drug being Heroin

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