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Dead men's trousers / Irvine Welsh.
Van Pelt Library PR6073.E47 D42 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welsh, Irvine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Drug addicts--Fiction.
- Drug addicts.
- Middle-aged men.
- Scotland--Edinburgh.
- Middle-aged men--Drug use--Fiction.
- Male friendship--Fiction.
- Male friendship.
- Reunions--Fiction.
- Reunions.
- Revenge--Fiction.
- Revenge.
- Middle-aged men--Scotland--Edinburgh--Fiction.
- Edinburgh (Scotland)--Fiction.
- Edinburgh (Scotland).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Suspense fiction.
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Physical Description:
- 419 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American Edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn : Melville House, [2019]
- Summary:
- The gang from Trainspotting have mostly cleaned up their act... until they are drawn back together to Scotland for one last scheme--a scheme one of them won't survive. It's an action-packed, hilarious and rollicking trip, as well as a moving elegy to the crew. Mark Renton is finally a success. He now makes significant money managing DJs, but the constant travel, airport lounges, soulless hotel rooms, and broken relationships have left him dissatisfied with life. Then he runs into his old partner in crime, Frank Begbie, from whom he'd been hiding for years. But the psychotic Begbie appears to have reinvented himself as a celebrated artist in Los Angeles, and doesn't seem interested in revenge. Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Sick Boy and Spud are intrigued to learn that their old friends are back in town, and concoct a new scheme for them all... Which is when things start to go horribly wrong. The four men, driven by their personal histories and addictions, circle each other, confused, angry, and desperate. One of these four will not survive... Which one is wearing Dead Men's Trousers? Fast and furious, scabrously funny, and weirdly moving, this is a spectacular return of the crew from Trainspotting.
- Notes:
- "First published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom in 2018."
- ISBN:
- 9781612197555
- 1612197558
- OCLC:
- 1033907986
- Publisher Number:
- 99979691551
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