An edition of Filth (1996)

Filth

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An edition of Filth (1996)

Filth

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With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are irritating flies in the ointment, though, including a missing wife, a nagging cocaine habit, a dramatic deterioration in his genital health, a string of increasingly demanding extra-marital affairs. The last thing he needs is a messy murder to solve. Still it will mean plenty of overtime, a chance to stitch up some colleagues and finally clinch the promotion he craves. But as Bruce spirals through the lower reaches of degradation and evil, he encounters opposition - in the form of truth and ethical conscience - from the most unexpected quarter of all: his anus. In Bruce Robertson, Welsh has created one of the most corrupt, misanthropic characters in contemporary fiction, and has written a dark, disturbing and very funny novel about sleaze, power, and the abuse of everything. At last, a novel that lives up to its name.

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Publisher
Vintage
Language
English
Pages
392

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Edition Availability
Cover of: Filth
Filth
2013, Vintage
in English
Cover of: Il lercio
Il lercio: romanzo
2001, Editori associati
in Italian
Cover of: Firusu
Firusu
1999, Ātisuto Hausu
in Japanese
Cover of: Filth
Filth
1999, Random House UK, Limited
in English
Cover of: Filth
Filth: a novel
1998, Norton
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Filth
Filth: a novel
1998, Jonathan Cape
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 1998.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.92
Library of Congress
PR6073.E47F5 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
392 pages
Number of pages
392

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28280133M
Internet Archive
filth0000wels
ISBN 10
0099583836
ISBN 13
9780099583837
OCLC/WorldCat
819519213

Work Description

With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are irritating flies in the ointment, though, including a missing wife, a nagging cocaine habit, a dramatic deterioration in his genital health, a string of increasingly demanding extra-marital affairs. The last thing he needs is a messy murder to solve. Still it will mean plenty of overtime, a chance to stitch up some colleagues and finally clinch the promotion he craves. But as Bruce spirals through the lower reaches of degradation and evil, he encounters opposition - in the form of truth and ethical conscience - from the most unexpected quarter of all: his anus. In Bruce Robertson, Welsh has created one of the most corrupt, misanthropic characters in contemporary fiction , and has written a dark, disturbing and very funny novel about sleaze, power, and the abuse of everything. At last, a novel that lives up to its name.

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