Trainspotting

"Abhorrently dark and raw to the core, Trainspotting is an insight into one of life's many ugly personalities - addiction and the accompanying domino effect of grim inevitabilities... Irvine Welsh's novel will always be a cult classic." - Tori Chalmers, Culture Trip

"Welsh's skill as a storyteller is undeniable, bringing both wit and compassion to a grim subject matter. If you liked Danny Boyle's film adaptation, you'll love the original." - Maddy Searle, i

"A novel perpetually in a starburst of verbal energy - a vernacular spectacular... the stories we hear are retched from the gullet." - Scotland on Sunday

"One of the most original writers in Britain. He writes with style, imagination, wit and force." - Nick Hornby, Times Literary Supplement

"This is a bleak vision sung as musical comedy." - Amazon

‘Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius. He is the best thing that has happened to British writing for decades.’ - Sunday Times

‘An unremitting powerhouse of a novel that marked the arrival of a major new talent... Loud with laughter in the dark, this novel is the real McCoy.’ - Herald