GR inspiration for Trainspotting scene?

Joe Allonby joeallonby at gmail.com
Wed Dec 2 08:23:41 CST 2009


Thought that myself. Opium belladonna suppository in the filthiest
toilet in Scotland.

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:44 AM, Victor Lazzarini
<Victor.Lazzarini at nuim.ie> wrote:
> It occurred to that the scene where Slothrop goes inside a toilet in search
> for his harp has a very close parallel in Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, when
> Rents goes in search of an expelled (methadone?) suppository (recalling it
> from memory). Perhaps GR provided an inspiration?
>
> Victor
>



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