Trainspotting: A Novel By Irvine Welsh
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Trainspotting is a captivating story of the random events that occur
during a critical time in a group of Scottish junkies' lives. Irvine Welsh
illustrates the confusion, anger and turmoil many heroin addicts are subjected
to and what happens once they try to quit.
The story is centered around M ....
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.... He feels he has to make himself seem tough by surrounding
himself with "friends" who do nothing but boost his ego by letting Begbie put
them down. Aside from being on and off heroin, his good friend Danny Murphy, or
Spud (as everyone calls him) is a habitual thief. His friend Simone is nicknamed
Sick Boy for good reasons. When he is high he hears voices in his head willing
him to do evil things. He likes to shoot dogs as their masters are taking them
for a walk, and he enjoys using women fo ....
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Word count: 560
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
