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Irvine Welsh is my favorite author of all time and I love how he continues to study even the most obscure characters from Trainspotting. This piece starts out so lovely and beautiful and full of hope that I was almost brought to tears by Jim's family life. I had no idea "Jim" was the ongoing tale of a character I absolutely hated from Skagboys and Trainspotting. But I loved him in this tale and so it was a tough transition for me to see him slip so easily back into complete sociopathy. Of course by the end I lost all hope for humanity and remembered that Dr. Cox was right in Scrubs when he said, "People aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling."


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I'm a real Welsh fan. Enjoyed this but the extreme violence was unnecesarily graphic particularly at the end. Couple of inaccuracies, Glock semi automatics do not have safety catches! Good twists throughout though. The book itself was a mess with blank and perforated pages.
A return to form for Welsh, who presents one of his most terrifying creations -- Francis Begbie -- in a surprisingly sympathetic light. If you liked Trainspotting, Marabou Stork Nightmares, and Filth, then this one should prove an enjoyable read.
Welsh has written another great US/Leith novel with all the deliberate and measured violence of plastic surgery. With a reformed former character, Welsh takes us on a walk through old demons and new revelations that leave a very disquieting turn in the stomach. Not for the feint of heart.
From the first time I read The Acid House I've been a huge fan of Irvine Welsh. Not all his works have been up to that standard, and some have exceeded it, such as the excellent Glue. Few characters in any of these works are as compelling as that of Francis Begbie. Anyone who's ever spent any time in Edinburgh, or anywhere else in Scotland for that matter, knows or has met a Begbie. They are not nice - and they're not meant to be. He's the one character in Trainspotting i felt to be totally believable (except for maybe Spud), and i was disappointed he was reduced to an extended cameo role in Porno (although the climatic Begbie = Evil = Fear with Renton is the best bit of the book). So i was chuffed when i heard he'd be getting his "own" storyline in The Blade Artist. Glue it is not, and the beginning and ending are both equally unbelievable (for entirely different reasons), however the middle 3rd of the book is classic Welsh. You could argue that it is 2 fantasy segments sandwiching the real sequel to the events in Porno, and maybe that's not enough for some folks but its enough for me.

One wee suggestion for Irvine though - dump Juice Terry. As a plot device he was ok in Glue, and at the end of that book there was a hint he was on the verge of transformation, but from Porno onwards he reverts to being such a 1 dimensional character he'd be better off out of the story arcs entirely.

Looking forward to next installment of General Franco....
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I can’t think of another literary character who embodies both horror and hilarity to the same extent as Frank Begbie. I inhaled this novel in two days, just couldn’t put it down. Except for the excessively vicious Tyrone scene at the end, I thought it was perfect. The new world immigrant forced to return to his old world stomping ground, like a wild beast returned to its natural habitat. Throw the odd outbreak of hallmark Franco violence (did someone say that Begbie’s character has been diluted?!!) into a quirky, linear whodunnit and you’ve got an intoxicating mix. Almost as good as Trainspotting and arguably better than Porno, Irvine Welsh dazzles yet again.
I must admit my disappointment with ''The Blade Artist'' as I was expecting a lot more from Irvine Welsh and the continuation of the infamous ''Trainspotting'' saga. The book follows one of the most notorious fictional characters the antisocial and psychopathic Franco Begbie who is now a successful sculptor living in California with his wife and kids leaving his old brutal self behind. The death of his estranged son in Edinburgh forces him to return to his hometown where he meets his old acquaintances and try to find the truth behind his son's death. In my opinion, the character of Begbie in this book is almost a caricature of his old self and I feel the same about the extraordinary violence which consists the core of the novel. Some of the dialogue is -unintentionally- hilarious and the final scene where he meets an old rival feels stilted. I couldn't recommend this book to anyone except the hardcore fans of I.Welsh and ''Trainspotting'' series.
Irvine Welsh is my favorite author of all time and I love how he continues to study even the most obscure characters from Trainspotting. This piece starts out so lovely and beautiful and full of hope that I was almost brought to tears by Jim's family life. I had no idea "Jim" was the ongoing tale of a character I absolutely hated from Skagboys and Trainspotting. But I loved him in this tale and so it was a tough transition for me to see him slip so easily back into complete sociopathy. Of course by the end I lost all hope for humanity and remembered that Dr. Cox was right in Scrubs when he said, "People aren't chocolates. Do you know what they are mostly? Bastards. Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling."