by Irvine Welsh · Jonathan Cape, Ltd. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224041188
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«Filth» is Irvine Welsh's novel of black humor and social criticism, published by Jonathan Cape in paperback (392 pages, in English).
Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson, a corrupt and misanthropic policeman, plans to start Christmas with a week of excess in Amsterdam, but a pending murder crosses his path. His obsession with promotion and his descent into degradation shape a dark, comic and ferocious satire on power, depravity and police corruption.
Novel in English by the author of Trainspotting; first edition published by Jonathan Cape in September 1998.
For adult readers seeking a black satire on police corruption, with crude humor and an extreme protagonist.
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. His novels and short stories, which almost always take place in his native Scotland, are known for their gritty depictions of working-class life and its intricacies; particularly drug addiction, social alienation, lack of opportunity and boredom, amongst others.
