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    A Decent Ride: A Novel
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    A Decent Ride: A Novel

    Written by Irvine Welsh

    Narrated by Tam Dean Burn

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    About this audiobook

    Irvine Welsh returns to Edinburgh, the home of Trainspotting and so many of his novels since, with a new novel featuring one of his most iconic and beloved characters-'Juice' Terry Lawson-that's thick on the Scottish brogue, heavy on the filth and masterful in its comedic timing.

    A Decent Ride sees Irvine Welsh back in Edinburgh, this time with one of his most compelling and popular characters front and center: the rampaging force of nature that is 'Juice' Terry Lawson, first seen in Glue.

    Juice is a man who contains multitudes: he's a top shagger, drug-dealing, gonzo pornstar and taxi driver. As we ride along in Juice's cab through the depraved streets of Edinburgh, Juice encounters a series of charmingly filthy characters, each of whom present their own, uh, unique challenges. Has he finally met his match in Hurricane 'Bawbag'? Can he 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 Juice 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? (The meaning of the title is starting to sink in now, huh?). So buckle your seatbelts and prepare for one unforgettable ride.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateFeb 2, 2016
    ISBN9780399568091
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    A Decent Ride: A Novel
    Author

    Irvine Welsh

    Irvine Welsh nació en 1958 en Escocia. Creció en el corazón del barrio obrero de Muirhouse, dejó la escuela a los dieciséis años y cambió multitud de veces de trabajo hasta que emigró a Londres con el movimiento punk. A finales de los ochenta volvió a Escocia, donde trabajó para el Edinburgh District Council a la par que se graduaba en la universidad y se dedicaba a la escritura. Su primera novela, Trainspotting, tuvo un éxito extraordinario, al igual que su adaptación cinematográfica. Fue publicada por Anagrama, al igual que sus títulos posteriores: Acid House, Éxtasis, Escoria, Cola, Porno, Secretos de alcoba de los grandes chefs, Si te gustó la escuela, te encantará el trabajo, Crimen, Col recalentada, Skagboys, La vida sexual de las gemelas siamesas, Un polvo en condiciones y El artista de la cuchilla. De Irvine Welsh se ha escrito: «Leer a Welsh es como ver las películas de Tarantino: una actividad emocionante, escalofriante, repulsiva, apremiante..., pero Welsh es un escritor muy frío que consigue despertar sentimientos muy cálidos, y su literatura es mucho más que pulp fiction» (T. Jones, The Spectator); «El Céline escocés de los noventa» (The Guardian); «No ha dejado de sorprendernos desde Trainspotting» (Mondo Sonoro); «Además de un excelente cronista, Irvine Welsh sigue siendo un genio de la sátira más perversa» (Aleix Montoto, Go); «Un genial escritor satírico, que, como tal, pone a la sociedad frente a su propia imagen» (Louise Welsh, The Independent); «Welsh es uno de nuestros grandes conocedores de la depravación, un sabio de la escoria, que excava y saca a la luz nuestras obsesiones más oscuras» (Nathaniel Rich, The New York Times Book Review).

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      Good old Irvine did it again, great story, and an amazing narrative.