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Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon

John Neil Munro

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Description:An unknown Edinburgh writer penned the most talked-about book of a generation, and this is the inside story of the Trainspotting phenomenon. In the mid-1980s, Irvine Welsh’s life was going nowhere fast. His teenage dreams of being a footballer or a rock star were over, and he was stuck in a series of white-collar jobs which he loathed. With the last throw of the dice, he started to write. In 1993 his debut novel—which centered on the desperate day-to-day struggles of a group of Edinburgh schemies and junkies—was published. Even Irvine’s publisher, Secker & Warburg, didn’t hold out much hope. Only 1,000 copies were printed and the word was that Irvine might become a cult author, a “Scottish Bukowski.” But, as the rave reviews increased, the book, memorably described as “the voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser, and grown eloquent,” rapidly achieved global success. It was followed, in 1996, by Danny Boyle’s raw, high-energy film, which received worldwide critical acclaim and launched the careers of several young Scottish actors such as Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, and Kelly Macdonald. This book includes rare, never-before-seen photographs and is published to coincide with the novel Trainspotting’s 20th anniversary.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon. To get started finding Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An unknown Edinburgh writer penned the most talked-about book of a generation, and this is the inside story of the Trainspotting phenomenon. In the mid-1980s, Irvine Welsh’s life was going nowhere fast. His teenage dreams of being a footballer or a rock star were over, and he was stuck in a series of white-collar jobs which he loathed. With the last throw of the dice, he started to write. In 1993 his debut novel—which centered on the desperate day-to-day struggles of a group of Edinburgh schemies and junkies—was published. Even Irvine’s publisher, Secker & Warburg, didn’t hold out much hope. Only 1,000 copies were printed and the word was that Irvine might become a cult author, a “Scottish Bukowski.” But, as the rave reviews increased, the book, memorably described as “the voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser, and grown eloquent,” rapidly achieved global success. It was followed, in 1996, by Danny Boyle’s raw, high-energy film, which received worldwide critical acclaim and launched the careers of several young Scottish actors such as Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, and Kelly Macdonald. This book includes rare, never-before-seen photographs and is published to coincide with the novel Trainspotting’s 20th anniversary.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon. To get started finding Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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