A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh With a rampaging force of nature is wreaking havoc on the streets of Edinburgh, but has top shagger, drug-dealer, gonzo-porn-star and taxi-driver, Juice Terry Lawson, finally met his match in Hurricane Bawbag? FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book is shortlisted for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction. With a rampaging force of nature is wreaking havoc on the streets of Edinburgh, but has top shagger, drug-dealer, gonzo-porn-star and taxi-driver, Juice Terry Lawson, finally met his match in Hurricane Bawbag?Can Terry discover the fate of the missing beauty, Jinty Magdalen, and keep her idiot-savant lover, the man-child Wee Jonty, out of prison? Will he find out the real motives of unscrupulous American businessman and reality-TV star, Ronald Checker? And, crucially, will Terry be able to negotiate life after a terrible event robs him of his sexual virility, and can a new fascination for the game of golf help him to live without...A decent ride? A Decent Ride sees Irvine Welsh back on home turf, leaving us in the capable hands of one of his most compelling and popular characters, Juice Terry Lawson, and introducing another bound for cult status, Wee Jonty MacKay: a man with the genitals and brain of a donkey.In his funniest, filthiest book yet, Irvine Welsh celebrates an un-reconstructed misogynist hustler - a central character who is shameless but also, oddly, decent -and finds new ways of making wild comedy out of fantastically dark material, taking on some of the last taboos. So fasten your seatbelts, because this is one ride that could certainly get a little bumpy... Notes Paperback edition of the latest novel from the author of Trainspotting, this was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction in 2015. Welshs filthiest book yet, its set in Edinburgh and follows a misogynist hustler. Its a stern reader who wouldnt fall for his filthy charm. Sunday Telegraph Author Biography Irvine Welsh is the author of ten previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago. Review "Raucous, filthy and funny." -- James Naughtie Radio 4 Today Programme "Without question, our most distinguished living exponent of the so- called "excremental vision of life" - a line that goes back (to pick a few names) via James Joyce, Swift, and Ben Jonson, to Chaucer, writers who have explored what meanings of human existence are to be found in the toilet bowl." -- John Sutherland The Times "Irvine Welsh, I think its safe to say, is not a writer whos mellowing with age... Welshs [language is an] astonishingly supple invention: one that can combine scabrousness and lyricism, comedy and ruefulness in the same paragraph... [if] you fancy an authentic and often thrilling blast of full-strength Irvine Welsh, then youre in for a treat." -- James Walton Spectator "Its a stern reader who wouldnt fall for his filthy charm." Sunday Telegraph "Whether your interest is piqued by the ridiculously expensive bottles of whiskey and the extraordinary lengths an American will go to own them or your heart strings are pulled by Wee Jontys anguished love story, theres a multitude of ideas and human emotions that Welsh brings out among the laughter." -- Claire Inman Curious Animal Magazine Promotional How important is a decent ride? Prizes Shortlisted for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2015. Shortlisted for Saltire Society Scottish Fiction Book of the Year Award 2015. Review Text Raucous, filthy and funny. Review Quote Praise for A DECENT RIDE: "A case can be made that Irvine Welsh is the most outrageous novelist now at work in the English-speaking world." -- The Washington Post Promotional "Headline" How important is a decent ride? Shortlisted for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction Details ISBN1784700568 Author Irvine Welsh Pages 448 Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2016 ISBN-10 1784700568 ISBN-13 9781784700560 Format Paperback Publication Date 2016-05-05 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 823.92 Language English UK Release Date 2016-05-05 AU Release Date 2016-05-05 NZ Release Date 2016-05-05 Alternative 9781473520974 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97905078;

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