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Book Review By Alex Wolstenholme
Filth by Irvine Welsh

Corrupt policeman Bruce Robertson is in line for promotion and plays off all his friends and colleagues against each other to help achive his aim. Unfortunately, his past catches up with him. The murder he is supposed to be solving leads to his downfall.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - Dry-cynical
How difficult to spot villain? - Story partially from villain's perspective
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 30%
Special suspect? - investigator him/herself
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Any non-mystery subplot?
descript. of violence and chases - 10 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 40 %
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity/Race

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very gorey descriptions deaths/dead bodies
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - use of artificial tools - actual description of sex - descript. of breasts - descript. of other female areas
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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