Trainspotting

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Irvine Welsh is the author of eleven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago. Zusammenfassung Read the seminal bestselling novel that changed the face of British fiction and inspired Danny Boyle's film. 'The best book ever written by man or woman... choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth.

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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

Product details

• Authors: Irvine Welsh
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.07.1994
• EAN: 9780099465898
• ISBN: 978-0-09-946589-8
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Vintage Paperbacks; VINTAGE BOOKS; Francis Begbie; Vintage Paperbacks; Francis Begbie
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Schottische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), Edinburgh, Scotland, FICTION / Humorous / Black Humor, Narrative theme: Social issues, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989