Skagboys by Irvine Welsh - ISBN: 9780099535584
Paperback
Before Trainspotting, there was Skagboys: lost youth, drugs, and despair.

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  • Paperback

    560 pages

  • Release Date

    1 March 2013

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Summary

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 F…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099535584
ISBN-10:0099535580
Author:Irvine Welsh
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:560
Release Date:1 March 2013
Weight:394g
Dimensions:197mm x 132mm x 37mm
Series:The Trainspotting Novels
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Critics Review

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 *Filthy, or fulthy, and hugely funny… Remarkable * Daily Telegraph *Skagboys is a compelling tale…a seriously entertaining piece of work * Irish Times *Welsh performs the mysterious feat of making you think that his characters are real * Guardian *Trainspotting may be a masterpiece but Skagboys is the reason the artist painted it, and sometimes that’s the most compelling story * Stylist *A cracking read * Time Out *

About The Author

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 fifteen further novels, including the Sunday Times bestseller Men in Love and the Crime series, four books of shorter fiction, and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh, and Miami.

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