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Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh

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Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh

A raw, darkly comic portrayal of heroin addiction and working-class life in 1980s Edinburgh, told through the voices of Mark Renton and his … A raw, darkly comic portrayal of heroin addiction and working-class life in 1980s Edinburgh, told through the voices of Mark Renton and his friends as they navigate drug culture, friendship, and survival in Leith.
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I last read this on Thursday 26 September 1996

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