Trainspotting is a fast paced novel about working class culture and heroin addiction in Edinburgh Scotland as it follows the lives of several young people in their punk lifestyles.
Told from multiple perspectives the novel could be considered book of short stories about each of the characters as they steal, go to concerts, cause mayhem, use heroin, drink pints, have abstract conversations, have relationships and run scams.
It heavily uses Scottish dialect in its writing adding more reality to the speech of these characters but also causing the reader to perhaps phonetically sound out some of the words.
It instantly got cult status for its depiction of a dark side of Scotland not often explored and for its black humor.
Trainspotting has adult content and should be read by people over 18 who are interested fast paced humorous read that goes against social norms.
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