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Biografisk notat
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.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
<i>Skagboys</i> 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
<i>Trainspotting</i> may be a masterpiece but <i>Skagboys</i> is the reason the artist painted it, and sometimes that’s the most compelling story
Stylist
A cracking read
Time Out
*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 Franco Begbie. Only Sick Boy seems to ride the current, scamming and hustling his way through it all. Exhilarating and moving, Skagboys charts their journey from likely lads to young addicts in a decade which changed Britain forever.
'Masterful... its banter, outrage and razor wit sing off the page' Independent
'Funny...visceral and true... Welsh's finest work to date' The Times
*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.