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Originally Posted by kezza
Good thought. I've done the reading aloud for Irvine Welsh and D.H. Lawrence. Helps immensely with passages written in phonetic brogue, at least until you get the hang of how it should sound in your head. Goodness, took me days to figure out that "gel" meant "girl."
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You should try Roddy Doyle's 'Barrytown Trilogy' if you haven't already (you can get them together as one book). When you get the hang of it (which doesn't take long), the books almost sing to you.
For my mind, 'The Commitments', the first in the trilogy, is the weakest of the books, though still very good. 'The Snapper' and 'The Van', however, are of increasing goodness-to-excellence.
I've never actually seen any of the film adaptations, though I'm told 'The Snapper' is very good.
Cheers,
Marc