Author: Irvine Welsh
- Non-Fiction
- Editorial Anagrama
- ISBN: 9788433960887
- Release Date: 10-05-2021
Synopsis
Con su acostumbrada fluidez y convicción, Welsh nos sumerge en las adicciones, el punk rock, la vida de la clase obrera escocesa, en actos sexuales repelentes, intrigantes o violentos. Su escritura vigorosa, atractiva, sardónica, no decae en ningún momento. Times Literary Supplement
Un libro escandaloso, estimulante, malhablado. Welsh usa una vez más el habla popular para una comedia muy seria. The Sunday Times
This story of two men locked in a war of wills that threatens their very existence is vintage Irvine Welsh. Troubled restaurant inspector Danny Skinner is on a quest to find the mysterious father his mother will not identify. Unraveling this hidden information is the key to understanding the crippling compulsions that threaten to wreck his young life. His ensuing journey takes him from the festival city of Edinburgh to the foodie city of San Francisco. But the hard-drinking, womanizing Skinner has a strange nemesis in the form of mild-mannered fellow inspector Brian Kibby.
It is Skinner's unfathomable, obsessive hatred of Kibby that takes over everything, threatening to destroy not only Skinner and his mission but also those he loves most dearly. When Kibby contracts a horrific, undiagnosable illness, Skinner understands that his destiny is inextricably bound to that of his hated rival, and he is faced with a terrible dilemma. Irvine Welsh's work is a transgressive parable about the great obsessions of our time: food, sex, and celebrity.
