Amazon review:
Irvine Welsh's controversial first novel, set on the heroin-addicted fringe of working-class youth in Edinburgh, is yet another exploration of the dark side of Scottishness. The main character, Mark Renton, is at the center of a clique of nihilistic slacker junkies with no hopes and no possibilities, and only "mind-numbing and spirit-crushing" alternatives in the straight world they despise. This particular slice of humanity has nothing left but the blackest of humor and a sharpness of wit. American readers can use the glossary in the back to translate the slang and dialect--essential, since the dialogue makes the book. This is a bleak vision sung as musical comedy.

I like the movie very much and the book is even more graphic. It takes awhile to get used to the slang and dialect in the book, but like "A Clockwork Orange", you get used to it. Not for the light of stomach!

reserved for tireddebb

mailed out 2/8!

Just got this in the mail from xallroyx. Thank you so much! I am looking forward to being introduced to Irvine Welsh and this book looks like the a great way to go about it.
Thanks again!