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Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

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Trainspotting

The Trainspotting Novels (Related to this series)

Author
Irvine Welsh
Narrator
Tam Dean Burn Burn
Publisher
Random House
Publish Date
13 September 2012
Run Time
12 hours 1 minute
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Street fiction / urban fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems, Narrative theme: sense of place
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Brought to you by Penguin.


Read the seminal bestselling novel that changed the face of British fiction and inspired Danny Boyle's film.

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

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.

'Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius.' Sunday Times


© Irvine Welsh 1993 (P) Penguin Audio 2007

Critics Review

  • The arrival of Trainspotting was an earth-shaking cultural moment and it had a huge influence on me… This book sings and, in the darkest moments, it shines with humour and friendship. Every character here is alive

    DOUGLAS STUART, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo

  • 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.

    Culture Trip

  • Welsh’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.

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  • Welsh 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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  • One of the most significant writers in Britain. He writes with style, imagination, wit and force

    Times Literary Supplement

  • The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent

    Sunday Times

  • An unremitting powerhouse of a novel - Loud with laughter in the dark, this novel is the real McCoy

    The Herald

  • A novel perpetually in a starburst of verbal energy - a vernacular spectacular...the stories we hear are retched from the gullet

    Scotland on Sunday

  • The Scottish Celine

    Guardian

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Details
Author
Irvine Welsh
Narrator
Tam Dean Burn Burn
Duration
12 hours 1 minute
Release Date
13 September 2012
ISBN
9781448159550
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Random House
Genre
Street fiction / urban fiction, Humorous fiction, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems, Narrative theme: sense of place

Synopsis

Brought to you by Penguin.Read the seminal bestselling novel that changed the face of British fiction and inspired Danny Boyle's film.'The best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the Bible' Rebel IncChoose 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.'Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius.' Sunday Times© Irvine Welsh 1993 (P) Penguin Audio 2007

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