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Trainspotting (Paperback)

by Irvine Welsh (Author) "The sweat wis lashing oafay Sick Boy; he wis trembling..." (more)
Key Phrases: shitein cunt, cunt sais, tae git, Sick Boy, White Swan, Billy Boy (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
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Irvine Welsh's controversial first novel, set on the heroin-addicted fringe of working-class youth in Edinburgh, is yet another exploration of the dark side of Scottishness. The main character, Mark Renton, is at the center of a clique of nihilistic slacker junkies with no hopes and no possibilities, and only "mind-numbing and spirit-crushing" alternatives in the straight world they despise. This particular slice of humanity has nothing left but the blackest of humor and a sharpness of wit. American readers can use the glossary in the back to translate the slang and dialect--essential, since the dialogue makes the book. This is a bleak vision sung as musical comedy.

The New York Times Book Review, Mark Jolly
Blisteringly funny ... don't abandon everything for the movie. It's worth making the effort with Trainspotting not merely because relatively few writers have rummaged through this particular enclave of British youth culture, but because even fewer have dug there so deeply.

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Product Details
  • Paperback: 348 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (May 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0393314804
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393314809
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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