Glue Contributor(s): Welsh, Irvine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393322157 ISBN-13: 9780393322156 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: The new novel by the author of the cult bestseller "Trainspotting" delivers the story of four boys growing up in Edinburgh, and about the loyalties, the experiences--and the secrets--that hold them together into their 30s. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Friendship - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001030848 |
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.14" W x 9.22" (1.30 lbs) 480 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Topical - Friendship |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh projects, Glue is about the loyalties, the experiences, and the secrets that hold friends together through three decades. The boys become men: Juice Terry, the work-shy fanny-merchant, with corkscrew curls and sticky fingers; Billy the boxer, driven, controlled, playing to his strengths; Carl, the Milky Bar Kid, drifting along to his own soundtrack; and the doomed Gally, exceedingly thin-skinned and vulnerable to catastrophe at every turn. We follow their lives from the seventies into the new century--from punk to techno, from speed to E. Their mutual loyalty is fused in street morality: Back up your mates, don't hit women, and, most important, never snitch--on anyone. Glue has the Irvine Welsh trademarks--crackling dialogue, scabrous set pieces, and black, black humor--but it is also a grown-up book about growing up; about the way we live our lives, and what happens to us when things become unstuck. |
Contributor Bio(s): Welsh, Irvine: - Irvine Welsh is the best-selling author of Trainspotting, Ecstasy, Glue, Porno, Filth, Marabou Stork Nightmares, The Acid House, Skagboys, and, most recently, A Decent Ride. He currently lives in Chicago. T2 Trainspotting was first published as Porno. |