Abstract
Discusses the continuing power of Welsh's classic novel, set among violent drug addicts in Edinburgh, and the parallels it suggests between individual self-loathing, self-harm, and dependency, and Scottish attitudes to national identity in the 1990s.
Recommended Citation
Lamont, Craig
(2017)
"Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting (1993),"
Studies in Scottish Literature:
Vol. 43:
Iss.
2, 213–215.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/ssl/vol43/iss2/20
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