false 23966 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg 23966 15 1087344 9 1998 Filth total:1731|5:320|4:526|3:612|2:194|1:79| 1731 6007 2207 136 5687 3.71 18252 1385 39454374 1780371 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.48 1665 1998 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Sat Dec 06 11:50:58 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 11:58:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 36420858 1665138 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 5 1 false Tue Oct 28 15:45:39 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 16:08:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 72271207 2002857 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 4 0 false Wed Sep 23 15:11:28 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 07:17:06 -0700 2009
Bruce Robertson is a Police Investigator in Edinburgh. He's also, in every sense of the word, the WORST human being you can imagine. He's depraved, ...more...]]> 65047534 2198088 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 4 0 false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:53:47 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 10:51:31 -0700 2009
Other than that, I loved it. Bruce Robertson is portrayed as the most disgusting scum on the face of the earth ...more...]]> 52301709 1536733 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 5 0 false Sat Apr 11 10:40:55 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 10:43:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 69055603 737004 527863 0099591111 9780099591115 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175551111m/527863.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175551111s/527863.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/527863.Filth 3.31 29 Filth is, both personally and professionally, utterly corrupt; a thief, drug user, misogynist and racist, with standards of appearance and personal hygiene that are simply beyond belief. It goes without saying that his wife and children have left him but, oddly, he still has few drinking mates, and even some of the women he so hideously abuses are still prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. "The undeniable sexuality which is part and parcel of the complete dominance over another human being", opines the viciously selfish Robertson, is just part of what makes, "poliswork such a satisfying career." But, strangely, as we chart his inevitable decline...from what is admittedly a very low baseline--a solid, almost conventional, underlying morality begins to assert itself. Amid the degradation we come across a hint of reason as Welsh's stunningly direct dialogue and hideously imaginative plot combine in a thrilling, undeniably unsettling novel. --Nick Wroe]]> 1998 3 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 00:13:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 04:08:07 -0700 2009
I thought re-reading this that it would get a higher rating from me than I actually gave it. My memories of the book are fonder than the realities of reading it.

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Imagine the best thing you’ve ever done; im...more...]]> 44381903 632118 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 1 0 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 06:24:25 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 06:27:24 -0800 2009 Trainspotting's cleverness and black humor to redeem it. Skip this one and pick up Trainspotting or The Acid House instead.more...]]> 50379049 2153125 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 3 0 false Tue Mar 24 23:51:27 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 23:54:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57065570 1303940 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 5 0 false Sat May 23 10:41:06 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 10:46:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 16063486 888232 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 1 0 false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 03:14:26 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 03:21:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 76097906 2889920 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 3 0 false Thu Oct 29 06:03:18 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 05:23:10 -0800 2009 more...]]> 63775928 1492430 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 3 0 false Thu Jul 16 15:35:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 15:37:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 70903186 300822 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 5 0 false Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:04:41 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 10:32:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 41980139 1868622 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 3 0 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 11:36:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 11:36:45 -0800 2009 33326347 322183 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 0 0 false Fri Sep 19 22:27:39 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 10:37:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 44213415 1708332 23966 0393318680 9780393318685 129 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379m/23966.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167484379s/23966.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23966.Filth 3.47 1731 1998 5 0 false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:00:47 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:01:00 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=23966