Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)

Author: Irvine Welsh

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  • : $23.00 AUD
  • : 9780099535584
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Penguin Books Ltd
  • : February 2013
  • : 22.99
  • : February 2013
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  • : Irvine Welsh
  • : Paperback
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Description

"BEFORE TRAINSPOTTING CAME SKAGBOYSb>b>The Number One BestsellerMark 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, Skagboyscharts their journey from likely lads to young addicts in a decade which changed Britain forever."

Author description

Irvine Welsh is the author of seven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.