Lust for life! : Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting phenomenon
Munro, John Neil2013
Books, Manuscripts
In the mid-1980s Irvine Welsh's life was going nowhere fast. His teenage dreams of being a footballer or a rock star were over, and he was stuck in a series of white-collar jobs which he loathed. With the last throw of the dice, he started to write. In 1993 his debut novel - which centred on the desperate day-to-day struggles of a group of Edinburgh schemies and junkies - was published. This title offers the inside story of the 'Trainspotting' phenomenon, with contributions from the key players and rare, unseen photographs.
Lust for life! : Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting phenomenon / John Neil Munro.
Edinburgh : Polygon, 2013.
x, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
9781846972423 (pbk)9780857906649 (ebook)
823.92
English
759608