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    <body><![CDATA[for me, i found 'glue' to be an epic novel. 556 pages that i read in 48 hours. i don't remember anything about those days other than totally immersing myself in this novel. i really hadn't felt truly excited by a novel in a long time, although i'm often reading things i enjoy. <br/><br/>it was eve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16204314">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you don't want to read a book filled with words that are written so that when you read them you are pronouncing words in a Scottish accent then this and many of his books are not the books for you.  If you don't mind that then go for it, it only takes about a chapter to become proficient in readi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20648316">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is definately one I have to go back and read. This exploration of four friends and the different paths they take over several decades is very enjoyable. Disturbing and vulgar, hilarious and heartbreaking, especially the character of Andrew Galloway and his tragic turn. Another good one from Edi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12253989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Too bad that Goodreads doesn't have half stars because I would give the first 2/3 of the book 2.5 stars and the last 1/3 3.5 stars.  I guess that means it works out to an average of 3.  <em>Glue</em> is a book of 4 friends living in Edinburgh and spans their friendship over three decades.  Written in a Scott...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53106759">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is utterly filthy and it is often written in the hackneyed speech of the Scottish lower class.  There is a disturbing scene involving a dog, and this caused a lot of my classmates to refuse to read any further.  Despite the perversions, I really enjoyed this novel.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I still don't know if I like Irvine Welsh. Marabou Stork Nightmares and Acid House were remarkable and disturbing. Filth was perhaps one of the most difficult books I've forced my way through, yet afterwards I was intrigued at how the character of Robertson could generate such a negative emotional r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36685827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm at a loss of how to describe this one.  Classic Irvine Welsh stlye but somehow more emotional.  I just read some other reveiws of this one and was surprised to hear so many people describe this and other's by Welsh as &quot;hard to read&quot; because of his sick and disturbing content.  i guess ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60300475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Someone had warned me that, along with <em>Filth</em>, this was where Irvine Welsh got especially difficult to get through.  I'll admit that <em>Filth</em>'s &quot;bad cop&quot; anti-hero narrator did make for some rather tough slogging there, and I never got around to picking this one up.  <br/><br/>Until now, and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15494271">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What I like about Welsh is his willingness to completely alienate a large portion of his potential readership by covering unsavory topics and writing in blue-collar and underworld Edinbro slang and idiom.  At several moments while I was reading this book on the train, I was a bit embarrassed to be r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6755904">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Amazon.com<br/>With a title like Glue, it would seem reasonable to assume that Irvine Welsh's fifth book is a meditation on the pitfalls of solvent abuse. In fact the word refers to the bonds that unite four boys, all of whom have grown up in &quot;the scheme&quot;--i.e., Edinburgh's slum-clearance...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2831104">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tale of friendship and life. A concept novel that follows 4 males as they grow up together in the same working class area. The story is set in 4 parts, each 10 years advanced from the last. We get to see the boys at 5 years old, and then again as awkward teenagers before seeing how they have devel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43440363">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[why yes, i do believe i've found a new <strong>favorite author</strong>.<br/><br/>but. you know that frustration of a sneeze coming on; it builds and you think <em>shit, this is going to be a big one..</em> and while you pull a stupid face bracing for the blow-out, it immediately evaporates to nothing? a disappointing end,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25075616">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a sucker for these coming of age novels especially when it's by the likes of Irvine Welsh, his ovreall bleak and stark reality these kids face<br/>growing up in the slumps of scotland is comedic,honest and pardon my french &quot;fucken brutal&quot;. The only draw back is that you might have som...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61346317">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read this twice so far and it will be one of those books I read once every couple of years because there's just way too much in it for one read.  Plus it stuck with me and I found myself thinking and dreaming about the book a lot while reading it.  Super powerful--but I'm a huge Irvine Welsh ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56529801">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great story, kind of a &quot;before&quot; to Trainspotting. I really enjoy trying to decipher the Scottish dialect, but I suppose some people would not have the patience for that. None of his books are for the faint of heart. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not proud of it, but I liked this book--esp. rotating around amongst the four young men during their coming of age er, antics.  Their brand of social commentary was entertaining, too.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Currently reading the new book of Mr Welsh whom from I was impressed by last novels in the past. I ike the &quot;sad&quot; reality that comes out of the guy's books. A real dive into human nature...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best books ever (in &quot;youth stories&quot; category) - from the first to the last page. You want to call and meet your old best friends reading this book. Very powerful!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Things I learned from this book: &gt;reading in dialect is actually kind of fun when you get the hang of it.<br/>&gt;writing in dialect isn't easy. I've tried, after reading this book.<br/>&gt;Irvine Welsh can write characters as well as he can write capers, but when he abandons the first-person p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14261619">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[glue was ah-ite but welsh's shtick gets tired after awhile. Filth was his masterpiece although most would try to argue trainspotting. innit?]]></body>
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