Trainspotting

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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS Beautiful editions of great books to last a lifetime 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 VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Beautiful editions of great books to last a lifetime

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Abhorrently dark and raw to the core, Trainspotting is an insight into one of lifes many ugly personalities addiction and the accompanying domino effect of grim inevitabilities Irvine Welshs novel will always be a cult classic.Tori Chalmers, Culture Trip

Welshs skill as a storyteller is undeniable, bringing both wit and compassion to a grim subject matter. If you liked Danny Boyles film adaptation, youll love the original.Maddy Searle, i

The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquentSunday Times

The best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the bibleRebel Inc

Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing for decadesSunday Times

Author Bio

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.