References To Other Irvine Welsh Novels
Alex "Lexo" Setterington - The protagonist, Bruce, references the violent rape that Lexo and his gang of football hooligans committed in Marabou Stork Nightmares.
"Ghostie" Gorman - Ghostie was among the rapists mentioned above. He was also a key character in Marabou Stork Nightmares. In Filth however, Bruce kills Gorman by biting out his tongue, causing him to reel backwards and fall out of a two-story window, where he suffers fatal head injuries.
Francis Begbie - Begbie was a main character in both Trainspotting and Porno. He is briefly mentioned a few times in Filth, associated with Lexo as running a second-hand furniture store in Leith. Mention of the business Begbie and Lexo are in is also made in Marabou Stork Nightmares and Porno.
Other minor characters mentioned in passing throughout Filth include: Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson (from Trainspotting and Porno), "Juice" Terry Lawson (from Glue and Porno), Danny "Spud" Murphy (from Trainspotting and Porno), and "Post" Alec Connolly, a recurring character in Glue.
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