Trainspotting

Main Author:	Welsh, Irvine.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton, 1996.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Subjects:	Drug addicts > Fiction. Young men > Fiction. Edinburgh (Scotland) > Fiction. Black humor (Literature) Humorous fiction > Scotland.

Physical Description:	348 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:	0393314804 (pbk.)
Author Notes:	Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh on September 27, 1958. After leaving school, he lived in London for awhile, but eventually returned to Edinburgh where he worked for the city council in the housing department. He received a degree in computer science and studied for an MBA at Heriot Watt University. His first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993 and was adapted as a film starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle in 1996. He became a full-time writer in August 1995. His other works include The Acid House (1994), Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance (1996), Filth (1998), Glue (2001), and Porno (2002). He also wrote the plays Headstate (1994) and You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998). (Bowker Author Biography)