GR inspiration for Trainspotting scene?

[Victor Lazzarini]

Or more specifically, the complete psycho Frank Begbie. Makes funny  
appearances elsewhere in Welsh's oeuvre (more lately when thumps his  
sister's new English boyfriend at Christmas, very amusing).

On 2 Dec 2009, at 17:50, rich wrote:

> robert carlyle's best role, too as a drunken lout
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> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> Thought that myself. Opium belladonna suppository in the filthiest
>> toilet in Scotland.
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>> 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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