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Skagboys

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Skagboys
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Irvine Welsh
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:560
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780099535584
ClassificationsDewey:823.92
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Vintage Publishing
Imprint Vintage
Publication Date 11 April 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Both a prequel to the world-renowned Trainspotting, and an alternative version of it, Skagboys is Irvine Welsh's greatest work. *Number #1 Bestseller** BEFORE TRAINSPOTTING CAME SKAGBOYS Mark Renton has it all- he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a bright future. But there's no room for him in the 1980s and when his family starts to fracture, Mark's life swings out of control. The way out is heroin. It's no better for his friends - Spud Murphy is laid off from his job, Tommy Lawrence finds himself sucked into a life of petty crime, violence and the world of the psychotic Franco Begbie. Only Sick Boy seems to ride the current, scamming and hustling his way through it all. Exhilarating and moving, Skagboys charts their journey from likely lads to young addicts in a decade which changed Britain forever. 'Masterful... its banter, outrage and razor wit sing off the page' Independent 'Funny...visceral and true... Welsh's finest work to date' The Times

Author Biography

Irvine Welsh is the author of eleven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.

Reviews

Masterful... its banter, outrage and razor wit sing off the page * Independent * Brilliant and even more thrilling than its predecessor * Mail on Sunday * Quite simply a masterpiece * Scotsman * A brilliantly funny, scary, sweeping novel with all the energy of Welsh's debut * Independent on Sunday * Funny...visceral and true... Welsh's finest work to date * The Times *