Summary of Trainspotting
“Trainspotting” follows a group of heroin addicts in poverty-stricken Edinburgh in the 1980s, particularly around the Leith port area and Leith Central Railway Station, as they try to fund their drug addiction through petty theft and welfare money.
Reasons to read Trainspotting
“Trainspotting” is the debut and most renowned novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh. It is a cult novel that deals with the dramatic impact of heroin addiction. The book blends Scots dialect with standard English and was famously adapted into the 1996 film “Trainspotting”, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor.
Setting: Leith, Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)
Original title: Trainspotting
Year of publication: 1993
Nr of pages: 348
