7/29
The Book: Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh
ISBN: 0-393-31581-9
Suggested By: Unnamed Grad-Student
Where: Home
When: 11-11:45P
Music: None
Company: Alone
Pages: 168-223 (55)
The Lead In: Reading Welsh is difficult. His use of accents and dialects makes for a difficult read, especially for an American.
The 411 on the 55: Two stories in one for this last short story. One is a drug user who seems to have no aim in life but getting high. The other is Heather, a married woman who is incredibly unhappy with her life. Hates her husband, hates her life.
I realize that this 411 offers little, but, to be honest, I think this story is the least impressive.
Line of the Day: “When all this is in your head it has to come out into your life. If it doesn’t, you get crushed. I’m not going to get crushed.” pg 217
Fact on the Fiction: An article that gives Welsh alot of credit for shifting the way drugs were viewed in the UK. “Trainspotting was the loudest articulation of the chemical generation's rage against the Conservative government, who for 17 years tried to make Britain conform to a materialist vision and destroy anything that disagreed with it. Taking part in Britain's dance culture - and so taking drugs - was a way of refusing to be part of that vision, even if you did have to come down the next day.” Spike Magazine
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