By definition, you have to live until you die. Better to make that life as complete and enjoyable an experience as possible, in case death is shite, which I suspect it will be.

- Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting

I was drowning in temptations I'm a sinner to the bone Thought I was flowing on the surface I was sinking like a stone

Trainspotting / Forgive Forget

Dark, disturbing, and transgressive fiction

A list of books that deal with shocking, depraved, or taboo subjects. Many of them contain themes of violence, sexual perversion, or extreme psychological distress, so reader discretion is advised. Please proceed with caution, be mindful of your own limits, and maintain a well-balanced reading diet. This is a selection from my list of 160 books in this category that I published on my website, complete with links to Goodreads and Wikipedia for each title.

Trainspotting (1996) | dir. Danny Boyle

I had to do it.

"Choose your future. CHOOSE LIFE."

My god, the accessories these two would come with as Barbie dolls 😵

Born slippy

“I think it’s Francis, the worst one. A nasty piece of work. […]. That bastard’s so paranoid that if you were to casually ask him in a boozer if he remembers where he was when John Lennon was shot, he’d say that he was playing pool up The Volley and he had loads of witnesses.” – Filth, Irvine Welsh

On November 21, 1996, Trainspotting debuted in Hong Kong.

Everything in the street today seems soft focus.

-- Irvine Welsh

(Zürich, Switzerland)

Diversity win! Mark Renton is a feminist