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To have written a first novel in 2002 that is so unapologetically queer would have been brave.
The seedy world that Welsh brings to life is richly believable, the twists and turns keep you on edge – the characters not especially likeable and yet entirely captivating. It is a dark damp sort of a world, and you find yourself just wanting to wallow in it ...
My only criticism is that on page 152 Rilke provides a public information bulletin on anal sex – it is a paragraph that doesn’t fit, it is not Rilke’s voice – for a moment you are snapped out of the world Welsh has created.
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