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That he conveys such a strong set of characters without asking the reader to judge them, or ridicule the very real people he's created in any way, is testament to his skill as a writer. Welsh is skilled in putting detestable people in crass and darkly humorous situations and making you cringe and laugh at their exploits, the whole while knowing that you're sharing in their badness, just a little merely by laughing. Brennan also stays truthful to the way these kids speak without making the text unreadable for those not used to ‘the craic.’ The Northern Ireland tourist board will not thank him either for the picture he paints of Belfast, but it’s probably a realistic one. There's no morality tale here, merely a very good writer lifting the curtain to reveal people trapped in a tiny world of expectations (low) and dreams (big). The unsung hero of Christmas, they’ve been working themselves into the ground to give their weans the best Christmas possible, but it all comes to a boiling point at some point on the day. It might be over the dinner, it might be the fact that some overpriced gadget didn’t come with batteries or that the Fortnite server is down and wee Jordan is having a meltdown, but maw’s gonna erupt if you don’t keep her in wine. Just try and keep your heid doon.

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The worst as a heavy-handed scum-monger, Irvine Welsh managed one sympathetic novel in his masterpiece Glue, in which he fleshes out some real and sympathetic characters. It took Welsh four books to achieve this kind of writing, Brennan did this with seeming ease straight from the off with this book. The other aspect of the characters that I particularly liked is the way they are likeable in the main in spite of the things they get up to. They are presented warts and all, yet in such a way that there are parallels with situation comedy – Brennan uses humour with great variety in a way that suggests he might try turning his hand to film and TV very successfully at some point (if he hasn’t already); there are one-liners, pratfalls and situational plays all the way through. I think the main theme is that of nature versus nurture. The characters are presented as products of their environment. I don’t think it’s a judgemental book; it simply shows you how these kids and adults react to certain situations. READ MORE - BBC Three Glow Up: Glasgow contestant to battle it out to become UK's Next Make-up Star Scottish and Irish fiction is littered with stereotypic, 'wee Ned' characters, shoved in front of the readers or viewers to be sneered at from middle-class living rooms.What follows is a story of family and gang loyalties, of broken children and broken adults, all set in the streets of West Belfast. But West Belfast is no mere setting in this book. Such is the strength of Brennan's writing, he is able to breathe life into the very streets. West Belfast becomes a character in its own right. And that, my friends, is the sign of a great writer.