Author

Publication

1996 - W. W. Norton & Company, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

87,000 words, Guess

Page Count

348 pages

Identifiers

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  • LibraryThing3690

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914
  • LCCPR6073.E47 T73 1996

Description

Scottish writer Irvine Welsh's first novel, Trainspotting, is a collection of short-stories revolving around a group of friends, their drug use, and struggles in the city of Edinburgh.

Description

Trainspotting is the novel that launched the sensational career of Irvine Welsh - an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating group portrait of blasted lives in Edinburgh that has the linguistic energy of A Clockwork Orange and the literary impact of Last Exit to Brooklyn. Rents, Sick Boy, Mother Superior, Swanney, Spuds, and Begbie are as unforgettable a clutch of rude boys, junkies, and nutters as readers will ever encounter.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

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  • TrainspottingW. W. Norton & Company1996-01-01
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