ecstasy: three tales of chemical romance
Will their ardour fizzle and die in the grim backstreets of Edinburgh, or will it ignite and blaze like a thousand suns? I start every review on here of one of his books with that because I think it'll be very difficult for me to ever be too critical of his work. You meet a stream of loveable and not so loveable characters and some hardcore cockney spellings that will force you to reread a few pages. Prime Cart. As far as the book goes I would still recommend it. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The second was an ideal example of the short-story format, yet scarificed none of Welsh's 'everyday' life characterisation - it was utterly depraved, whI love Irvine Welsh. You meet a stream of loveable and not so loveable characters and some hardcore cockney spellings that will force you to reread a few pages.
Pub Date : 1996.
We’d love your help. I have to admit I was intensely sickened at times by Welsh's brazen, shamelessly intimate detailing of sexual intercourse (not because I'm a prude, but because many of the sexual experiences in the novel were immensely unromantic/borderline violent) but I was so fascinated by every characters pathetic predicament that I could overlook it most times.
The second two are pretty good. His crass, brazen stories filled with shock, drugs, and all kinds of abuse, absolutely thrill and delight me. Which is a shame, as that was the longest. This trilogy of drug-fuelled romance is so well written. when they are on titular drug.You know how you look away when watching a gruesome movie to be spared the most horrible scene? He also wrote the plays Headstate (1994) and You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998).Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite featuresWith three delightful tales of love and its ups and downs, the ever-surprising Irvine Welsh virtually invents a new genre of fiction: the chemical romance .In "Lorraine Goes to Livingston," a bestselling authoress of Regency romances, paralyzed and bedridden, plans her revenge on gambling, whoring husband with the aid of her nurse Lorraine. [Irvine Welsh] -- "With three delightful tales of love and its up and downs, the ever-surprising Irvine Welsh virtually invents a new genre of fiction: the chemical romance. I really enjoyed the first two stories in this collection, but wasn't such a fan of the third. Amok with explicit drugs and sex, these are clearly love stories for youth, and yet they all cI'd heard this collection of "three tales of chemical imbalance" weren't so good, so it was a pleasant surprise to find myself quite enjoying them all. The tone is honest, bold and urgent, and like a good, hearty slap to the face, necessary. Tale no.1 has a chilling Saville-esque character up to all sorts of disturbing activiThe first 2 stories were incredibly gripping and disturbing - in other words brilliant. If drugs can liberate you, then they can as easily ruin you. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. I found the three short stories in this collection to be completely implausible. The first story of the three is slightly more bizarre than I've come to expect but still entertaining. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of It was boring, pretencious and all the irish dialect words made it hard to read. Okay...so all three of these stories created very very different feelings in me.
This is not the type of book I would normally read, but the bold, ballsy cover art seduced me and I was hooked. Considering the number of successful film adaptations his novels have spawned (think Danny Boyle's 'Trainspotting' or most recently 'Filth') I didn't doubt Welsh's talent but more the confrontational nature of his graphic and typically grotesque subject matter. A listing of the subtitle of each story hints at this: "A Rave and Regency Romance," "A Corporate Drug Romance" and "An Acid House Romance." With the help of Lorraine, her sexually confused nurse, she plots her revenge. 'Soon after publication the book was adapted for the stage by Canadian playwright Keith Wyatt.
His crass, brazen stories filled with shock, drugs, and all kinds of abuse, absolutely thrill and delight me. As far as the book goes I would still recommend it. This is actually three stories in one book, each story told from several different perspectives. Every new release of his I will devour rather than savour, subsequently churning out reviews filled with crazed praise and fangirl ramblings. Within each of the three "stories" there are multiple plot lines running with entertaining characters abounding. Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance. Once you get over the initial shock of it all and try to shake off the guilty feeling you have while reading it (like you're watching pornography or something) let the eloquent and sophisticated writing style immerse you in the deliciously smutty world that is 'Ecstasy'... And then have a cold shower! 3.55 (9,176 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback; English; By (author) Irvine Welsh. Only a must for Welsh fans, I think.I have been meaning to try Welsh for a while and since I enjoyed the film Ecstasy i thought this as good a place to start as any.I have been meaning to try Welsh for a while and since I enjoyed the film Ecstasy i thought this as good a place to start as any.Irvine Welsh is a great hangout writer.
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