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Book Review By Derek Whitehall
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting is the story of a group of young adults growing up in Edinburgh in the 1980's. Together they struggle to survive experimenting with heroin and each other. One of them has the vision and the sense to see he must break free from his friends and wasteful life. This is an amazing collection of little stories leading to the inevitable escape of Renton who finally breaks free from his friends and Edinburgh by ripping them off.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Crime & Police story Yes
Story of
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Drinking/Drugs problems? - drugs

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status:
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Writing Style
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex - Vagia talk! - rape/molest
Lot of foul language? Yes
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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