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Trainspotting - The Trainspotting Novels
Trainspotting - The Trainspotting Novels
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Published:
11 July, 1994
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11 July, 1994
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Read the seminal bestselling novel that changed the face of British fiction and inspired Danny Boyle's film.
* The Trainspotting sequel – Men in Love – is available now *
'The best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the Bible' Rebel Inc
Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total fuckin embarrassment tae the selfish, fucked-up brats ye've produced.
Choose life.
'Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius.' Sunday Times
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099465898 |
| ISBN10 | 0099465892 |
| Number Of Pages | 448 |
| Item Weight | 311 g |
| Product Dimensions | 128 x 196 x 28 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
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The arrival of Trainspotting was an earth-shaking cultural moment and it had a huge influence on me… This book sings and, in the darkest moments, it shines with humour and friendship. Every character here is alive -- DOUGLAS STUART, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo
Abhorrently dark and raw to the core, Trainspotting is an insight into one of life’s many ugly personalities — addiction and the accompanying domino effect of grim inevitabilities… Irvine Welsh’s novel will always be a cult classic. * Culture Trip *
Welsh’s skill as a storyteller is undeniable, bringing both wit and compassion to a grim subject matter. If you liked Danny Boyle’s film adaptation, you’ll love the original. * i *
The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent * Sunday Times *
The best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the bible * Rebel Inc *
Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing for decades * Sunday Times *
An unremitting powerhouse of a novel that marked the arrival of a major new talent… Loud with laughter in the dark, this novel is the real McCoy * Herald *
A novel perpetually in a starburst of verbal energy - a vernacular spectacular... The stories we hear are retched from the gullet * Scotland on Sunday *
An unremitting powerhouse of a novel that marked the arrival of a major new talent. Trainspotting is a loosely knotted string of jagged dislocated tales that lay bare the hearts of darkness of the junkies, wideboys and psychos who ride the down escalator of opportunity in the nation's capital. Loud with laughter in the dark, this novel is the real Mccoy * Herald *
A page-turner... Trainspotting gives lies to any cosy notions of a classless society * Independent on Sunday *
Author's Bio
Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.