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false <![CDATA[Porno]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23965.jpg 23965 16 Porno, Irvine Welsh's highly entertaining--though completely unnecessary--sequel to his cult classic, Trainspotting, reunites the gang as they pursue another big-payoff scheme. It's been 10 years since Mark Renton walked away with the cash from a drug sale perpetrated by himself and his mates, Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson, Danny "Spud" Murphy, and Francis Begbie. The megalomaniacal Sick Boy has returned to Edinburgh, where stag film producer "Juice" Terry Lawson has given him the idea for a bold new scam: to locally produce a high-end adult film. Lawson introduces Sick Boy to the beautiful and egocentric Nikki Fuller-Smith, a student and aspiring star. Passivity and self-destructive tendencies have left well-meaning junkie Spud poor and alone, while time has only intensified the anger of the psychotic Begbie, who's fresh out of prison, back in Edinburgh, and obsessed with taking revenge on Renton. Sick Boy locates and persuades Renton, a successful club owner in Amsterdam, to help him steal money for his new production company. From the book's multiple points of view, it's soon clear that everyone's running their own scam, making conflicts--and long-awaited confrontations--inevitable. Welsh's brutally honest prose and gallery of likeable ne'er-do-wells are in full display here, but the novel feels somewhat superfluous. Porno adds little insight into the characters or events of Trainspotting and fails to match its invention or sense of purpose. However, the author's obvious affection for these characters and dedication to authentically rendered dialogue and setting elevate Porno above mere slapdash reworking. As the novel builds momentum, Welsh wonderfully communicates the intense bravado driving his reckless characters. During such moments of vitality and humor, Porno is superficial but undeniably charming. --Ross Doll 1087464 2002 Porno total:1631|5:316|4:573|3:535|2:165|1:42| 1631 5849 2156 134 3 10 false false Fri Jun 29 17:37:45 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 17:38:05 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Feb 23 17:11:34 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 02 14:35:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu May 10 16:51:43 -0700 2007 Thu May 10 16:58:33 -0700 2007 Trainspotting, in which all your favorite characters return. The plot centers around Sick Boy's desire to get revenge on Mark Renton, who's returned to Edinburgh from Amsterdam to help Sick Boy and some of the rest of the old crew produce an indie porn flick. Yup. Mean...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 29 18:44:08 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 18:44:08 -0800 2008 Trainspotting, but mostly because the feel of the story is gone (perhaps due to the fact that it is written mainly from Sick Boy's point of view and thus not in Scottish). The characters are back from the first book and they have come far from where they once were, though Simo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 04:45:43 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 17:57:01 -0800 2008
Trainspotting, if you're not familiar with it, basically takes William S. Burrough's Junk, updates it for a new generation, relocates it to Scotland, and throws the AIDS epidemic into the mix as it follows the lives of sev...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Aug 30 19:37:08 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 19:40:37 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jul 12 21:17:18 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 16:52:20 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 03:24:24 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 10 10:45:07 -0800 2009 1 Trainspotting is every bit as entertaining as the original, and reading it it's easy to slip back into familiarity with the characters.
Having read a lot of historical fiction recently, it's good to get into a good contemporary novel, expecially one that is set in my native Scotla...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 11 06:33:13 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 27 21:03:14 -0700 2009
I just couldn't wait to come home and look at Porno every day. Porno kept me interested and I think I will definitely keep Porno in my collection and go back to it often.

For realz, I doubt it will have any profound effect on my worldview, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 23:08:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 23:26:50 -0700 2009 Trainspotting and gives us a look at their lives ten years later. I never read the earlier work, but I certainly remembered the acclaimed film made based on it. What I most recalled initially were the strong language, heavy drug use, and cut th...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 05 00:19:50 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 00:40:47 -0700 2007 IF the tone and pace were to reflect an actual porno in some clever way. Unfortunately, I picked up this book with the high expectations set by Trainspotting, Welsh's previous work which sets up the lives of Rents and Sickboy gang in brilliant charac...more...]]> 4 0 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Dec 06 11:59:55 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:05:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 12 20:03:25 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 26 17:31:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 00:24:42 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 04:42:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 07 04:52:34 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 04:55:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:42:03 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 00:44:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 21 01:04:32 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 05 08:25:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 22 21:31:12 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 21:37:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 29 16:03:42 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 16:11:04 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 03 07:49:12 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 07:50:29 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=23965