{"product_id":"filth-9780393318685","title":"Filth","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing in decades.\"--\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e  London] \" O]ne of the most significant writers in Britain. He writes with style, imagination, wit, and force, and in a voice which those alienated by much current fiction clearly want to hear.\"--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \"Welsh writes with such vile, relentless intensity that he makes Louis-Ferdinand C line, the French master of defilement, look like Little Miss Muffet. \"--Courtney Weaver, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"The corrupt Edinburgh cop-antihero of Irvine Welsh's best novel since \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e is an addictive personality in another sense: so appallingly powerful is his character that it's hard to put the book down.... T]he rapid-fire rhythm and pungent dialect of the dialogue carry the reader relentlessly toward the literally filthy denouement. \"--\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, \"Our 25 Favorite Books of 1998\" \"Welsh excels at making his trash-spewing bluecoat peculiarly funny and vulnerable--and you will never think of the words 'Dame Judi Dench' in the same way ever again.  Grade: ] A-. \"--Charles Winecoff, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393318685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.55w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/29\/1998 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1998 pg. 925\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/1998 pg. 1971\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/27\/1998 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Irvine Welsh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636888694940,"sku":"9780393318685","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14dbd09e-a517-44e0-9409-1e1dec5e7491.jpg?v=1603843270","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/filth-9780393318685","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}