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T2 Trainspotting

By: Irvine Welsh
Narrated by: Tam Dean Burn
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About this listen

T2 Trainspotting was previously published as Porno.

Now a major film directed by Danny Boyle reuniting the cast of Trainspotting.

Years on from Trainspotting Sick Boy is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London. Having failed spectacularly as a hustler, pimp, husband, father and businessman, Sick Boy taps into an opportunity which to him represents one last throw of the dice. However, to realise his ambitions within the Adult industries, Sick Boy must team up with old pal and fellow exile Mark Renton. Still scheming, still scamming, Sick Boy and Renton soon find out that they have unresolved issues to address concerning the unhinged Begbie, the troubled, drug-addled Spud, but, most of all, with each other.

©2002 Irvine Welsh (P)2002 Random House Audiobooks Dark Humour Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Urban Comedy

Critic Reviews

"Welsh has an uncanny talent for dialogue, and his writing is often diamond sharp." ( Publishers Weekly)
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I read all of Irvine welshs books years ago. I started to listen to them again in chronological order starting with skagboys this time I wanted to take note of all the characters that intertwined between novels etc I was hugely disappointed when they've totally f@#ked this novel cut it heaps , changed the stories dropped others to suit the movie sequel. it was never called trainspotting 2. And the thing that pishes me off the most is there is no option in English to hear the original book.

it's not the original

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Firstly, the audio quality and editing is awful. Spent too much time looking up why the version is different to the original and the chapter heading don't match up with original book. Was feeling short changed and wasn't enjoying the storyline early.
Once I got over the issues with the abridged version of Porno, the story took off and I found myself loving the pace and the character interaction between the switching perspectives.
Great story. Excited for the conclusion.

Few things to get over

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Story and performance are excellent.

Badly made though. Bad sound and some weird editing is a barrier at times to being engrossed as I could have been. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it.

Excellent story, poor production

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Can’t understate how much of the text has been abridged in this adaption. Most chapters have half their content removed, a lot of chapters are just straight up missing. Narrator keeps changing and with no logical flow, sometimes halfway through a chapter. Horrible audiobook adaption. Just read the book it's 10x better than this.

Missing half the text

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Dreadful! I didn't realise this was an abridged version. After listening to Skagboys and Trainspotting, I was expecting much, much more than this dull schoolboy "erotica". Even the narrator sounds bored.

Bought this by mistake & can't return it.

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