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Filth

Irvine Welsh · 1996 · Book

A darkly comic descent into the mind of a corrupt, disturbed detective navigating Edinburgh's underbelly. Visceral and unflinching, it's for readers who relish psychological intensity and raw, unpolished prose.

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