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Trainspotting

Trainspotting

by Irvine Welsh

FictionDrug addictsYoung menScotland, fictionEdinburgh (scotland), fiction
4.1
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About this book

Scottish writer Irvine Welsh's first novel, Trainspotting, is a collection of short-stories revolving around a group of friends, their drug use, and struggles in the city of Edinburgh.

Themes & subjects

FictionDrug addictsYoung menScotland, fictionEdinburgh (scotland), fictionFiction, general

Setting

Edinburgh (Scotland)

About the author

Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh

27 September 1958

Scottish novelist

Author

Irvine Welsh

Pages

352

Read time

≈ 9h

Editions

33

Languages

English, Spanish, Russian

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9788379981250

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