Skagboys - Couverture souple

Welsh, Irvine

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0224087916 ISBN 13 : 9780224087919

Editeur : Jonathan Cape, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at university. But there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britain, and the post-war certainties of full employment, educational opportunity and a welfare state are gone. When his family starts to fracture, Mark's life swings out of control and he succumbs to the defeatism which has taken hold in Edinburgh's grimmer areas. The way out is heroin.

It's no better for his friends. Spud Murphy is paid off from his job, Tommy Lawrence feels himself being sucked into a life of petty crime and violence - the worlds of the thieving Matty Connell and psychotic Franco Begbie. Only Sick Boy, the supreme manipulator of the opposite sex, seems to ride the current, scamming and hustling his way through it all.

Skagboys charts their journey from likely lads to young men addicted to the heroin which has flooded their disintegrating community. This is the 1980s: a time of drugs, poverty, AIDS, violence, political strife and hatred - but a lot of laughs, and maybe just a little love; a decade which changed Britain for ever. The prequel to the world-renowned Trainspotting, this is an exhilarating and moving book, full of the scabrous humour, salty vernacular and appalling behaviour that has made Irvine Welsh a household name.

Quatrième de couverture :

‘Brilliant and even more thrilling than its predecessor’ Mail on Sunday

Mark Renton has it all: he’s good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a bright future. But there’s no room for him in the 1980s and when his family starts to fracture, Mark’s life swings out of control. The way out is heroin. It’s no better for his friends – Spud Murphy is paid off from his job, Tommy Lawrence finds himself sucked into a life of petty crime and violence and the world of the psychotic Franco Begbie. Only Sick Boy seems to ride the current, scamming and hustling his way through it all. Exhilarating and moving, Skagboys charts their journey from likely lads to young addicts in a decade which changed Britain forever.

‘Quite simply a masterpiece’ Scotsman

‘A brilliantly funny, scary, sweeping novel with all the energy of Welsh’s debut’ Independent on Sunday

‘Funny…visceral and true… Welsh’s finest work to date’ The Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Jonathan Cape
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0224087916
• ISBN 13: 9780224087919
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 560