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Completely insignificant question about the book

posted 10 years ago by alexdelliott
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I really like the film Filth but, in my opinion, the book is superior in every way and I'm just going through my third reading of it. I got to the point where he is in the bathroom and sees the graffiti reading something like:

Half-man, half-spastic, zero-cop, Robbo-cop.

Does anyone know who wrote that? I wasn't sure if it was Robbo himself who wrote that or if it was perhaps Lennox. Sorry if it's a stupid question it just bothers me every time I read the book and I forget to try to find out.

[–] octo_gone 10 years ago

ive wondered about it myself. has to be lennox imo, the patter used... "spastic"..is used by both of them. lennox is also not always as meek as is seen through robbos eyes, and pretty obviously doesnt hold robbo in as high regard as robbo thinks. also you can imagine lennox coming into the office still drunk and sniffed up and writing it

also = gus, older guy, wouldnt imagine to do that type of thing. dougie= possible, but more likely to say it to someones face. inglis = poof, if he was hanging around the mens toilet he would probably have more than a pen in his hand (so sayeth bruce robertson)

so has to be lennox

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[–] alexdelliott 10 years ago

Yeah you've gone through the same thought process I have. I'm glad there is someone else who has thought about this. I think through elimination it has to be Lennox or it could be Robbo himself. I kind of see Lennox as a kind of disciple of Bruce. He seems to have learned about the 'games' through Robbo and uses them to his own advantage, hence why he ends up getting the promotion. So I think maybe he admired Robbo at the start of the book but then ended up seeing through his façade and exploiting his weakness.

[–] octo_gone 10 years ago

"I'm glad there is someone else who has thought about this."

back at you mate, ive actually meant to come here and ask the question after each re read but have always forgotten to do it. I think youve pretty much nailed it in your last two sentences, lennox actually uses the games against bruce and being less volatile and more mentally stable he goes on to get the promotion. Not sure about it being robbo himself, although wouldnt rule it out completely, but if i remember rightly he seems quite shocked by it. Suppose anythings possible with robbo though.

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