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A review by mkat303
A Decent Ride by Irvine Welsh
3.0
I wasn't sure if I should give this book 3 or 4 stars because Irvine Welsh is an awful cunt about fat people, and, while he's ridiculed and made obnoxious comments about fat folks before, he takes it to a new level in A Decent Ride. Normally, I'd stop reading an author's books for this reason and just call them a cunt, but seeing that I'm kind of addicted to Welsh's writing at this point, I guess I'll just bitch about it here.
So, other than the above, I enjoyed the book. "Juice" Terry Lawson from Glue reappears, now driving a cab and shagging all the lassies he can. He's joined by Ronald Checker, a kind of pseudo-punk Southern version of Donald Trump who arrives in Edinburgh and gets in Terry's cab, not knowing what a wild ride Terry will give him over the course of several months. The other character is Wee Jonty, an intellectually challenged man who has been shacked up with Jinty, who is working in a brothel unbeknownst to him. A hurricane arrives, and Jinty disappears. I'd say more, but I don't want to give any spoilers. Let's just say at times I was cracking up, and at times I was horrified (and cracking up). A Decent Ride is no Trainspotting or Skagboys, but it's given me a lot of enjoyment over the past few weeks (even if I think Irvine Welsh can be a cunt).
So, other than the above, I enjoyed the book. "Juice" Terry Lawson from Glue reappears, now driving a cab and shagging all the lassies he can. He's joined by Ronald Checker, a kind of pseudo-punk Southern version of Donald Trump who arrives in Edinburgh and gets in Terry's cab, not knowing what a wild ride Terry will give him over the course of several months. The other character is Wee Jonty, an intellectually challenged man who has been shacked up with Jinty, who is working in a brothel unbeknownst to him. A hurricane arrives, and Jinty disappears. I'd say more, but I don't want to give any spoilers. Let's just say at times I was cracking up, and at times I was horrified (and cracking up). A Decent Ride is no Trainspotting or Skagboys, but it's given me a lot of enjoyment over the past few weeks (even if I think Irvine Welsh can be a cunt).