Skagboys (Hardback)
Welsh, Irvine (Author)
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Mark Renton has it all, but there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britian, and the post-war certainties of full employment, educational opportunity and a welfare state are gone. When his family starts to fracture, the only way out is heroin.
Reviews
"Welsh's descriptive style is masterful - crude, violent and poetic by turns - but it is dialogue for which he has the Midas touch... Its banter, outrage and razor wit sing off the page. A film, one suspects, isn't far off."Independent - Arifa Akbar"The ...
ISBN (SKU)
9780224087902
Pages
548
Weight
901g
Dimensions
240x162x46
Imprint
Jonathan Cape
Published
18, April, 2012
Genres
Fiction
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