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Glue Irvine Welsh

Glue By Irvine Welsh

Glue by Irvine Welsh


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Summary

Glue is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences and the secrets that hold them together into their thirties.

Glue Summary

Glue by Irvine Welsh

Glue is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences and the secrets that hold them together into their thirties. As we follow their lives from the 70's into the new century - from punk to techno, from speed to Es - we can see each of them trying to struggle out from under the weight of the conditioning of class and culture, peer pressure and their parents' hopes that maybe their sons will do better than they did. What binds the four of them is the friendship formed by the scheme, their school, and their ambition to escape from both; their loyalty fused in street morality: back up your mates, don't hit women and, most importantly, never grass - on anyone.

Glue Reviews

"Wild, brave and funny" * Sunday Times *
"Welsh is brilliant at what he does... This is his most readable and memorable novel since Trainspotting" * Independent on Sunday *
"His most ambitious, but also his most complete and engaging work to date... arguably, his best book" * Times Literary Supplement *
"Full of incident, mad, crackling dialogue, attractively appalling characters and some of the funniest and rudest sex scenes I have read since Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint" * Sunday Times *
"With razor-sharp dialogue, a powerful odour of ordinary desperation and an incisive understanding of what makes these men's friendship tick, Welsh is at the top of his game" * The Face *

About Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is the author of eleven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.

Additional information

GOR001095772
9780099285922
0099285924
Glue by Irvine Welsh
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2002-04-04
576
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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