In A Decent Ride Irvine Welsh returns to the streets of Edinburgh for one of his trademark darkly humorous tales - if you are at all squeamish or prudish this isn't going to be one for you.
A Decent Ride tells the story of sex obsessed 'Juice' Terry Norton who manages to juggle taxi driving with his supplementary jobs of porn star and drug dealer. When something happens which means he can never have sex again Terry takes up golf and reading, as well as trying to be a better Father and trying to find out who his real Father is.
Oh, and there's also the riddle of a dead girlfriend to contend with, a missing valuable bottle of rare vintage Scotch, a Donald Trump like reality TV star and a none too bright newly discovered 'half brother'.
There's a few familiar characters in this tale as well as some new ones and it's written in Welsh's trademark Edinburgh dialect. There are some momenets of real humour here along with some pages that make you think "I can't believe he wrote that!" You really shouldn't like Terry but he is a strangly lovable character and, yes, there's a happy ending.
It's a novel in the vein of the older books by Irvine Welsh so if you enjoyed those I'm sure you will love this. Recommended if you're a fan, if not proceed with caution!
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