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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Vintage Publishing

ISBN: 9781784878894

RRP: £16.99

PAGES: 448

PUBLICATION DATE:
October 5, 2023

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Trainspotting

A beautiful hardback edition of the seminal novel that changed the face of British fiction.

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.

‘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’ Sunday Times

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Reviews of Trainspotting

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.?Tori Chalmers, Culture TripWelsh?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.?Maddy Searle, iThe voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent?Sunday TimesThe best book ever written by man or woman… Deserves to sell more copies than the bible?Rebel IncWelsh 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

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Irvine Welsh

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 twelve further novels, including Crime and the number one bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.