Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh’s cult classic, partly written in Scots, follows a group of heroin addicts in Leith, Edinburgh. Trainspotting has sold more than a million copies in the UK alone, and was adapted into a hit movie directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor.

The Trainspotting audiobook is narrated by the Scottish actor Tam Dean Burn (listening time: 12 hours).

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“People who aren’t in the circle of heroin or other drugs don’t necessarily know much about them, which is perhaps why the film and the book had such a cult following. The characters are working-class anti-heroes, sociopaths. There are no holds barred and parts of the book are grotesque. It’s not an easy book to get through. But it’s also one of the few books about drugs that has a semi-happy ending.” Read more...

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