OFF: Trainspotting

[M Holmes]

gingoblin at easynet.co.uk writes:

> >Boy, I get bored easily when the BOC-L tide ebbs :-).  Any way,
> >to mention something off topic, I just started reading a book
> >called Trainspotting by Irvin Welsh (sp?).  I highly recommend it
> >to members of the list (but not to the sqeamish).  It describes
> >the lives of some folk living in Edinburgh including some junkies
> >and psychos.  My favorite part so far is where the hero (undergoing
> >heroin withdrawal) has to retrieve his opium suppositories from
> >a full toilet in the back of a bookies

I nearly lost my dinner at that point in the film, which is worth seeing
if you get the chance.

"Maribou Stork Nightmares" is worth a read too, although I don't see how
they could film the end of it and still get a cinema release :-)

> >Ob tenuous boc-l connection:  I wander if any of our Edinburgh
> >list members know any of the characters in the book :-)

> Well I have found myself near to a few Begbie's!

I grew up in a town full of 'em :-(

> Dave

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