823/.914 20 PR6073.E47 T73 1994 Followed by Trainspotting is the by Scottish writer, first published in 1993. It takes the form of a collection of short stories, written in either, or, revolving around various residents of, who either use, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are implicitly portrayed as that serve the same function as heroin addiction. The novel is set in the late 1980s and has been called 'the voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent'.

The novel has since achieved a cult status, added to by the global success of the film based on it, (1996), directed. Welsh wrote a sequel,, in 2002. Fashion Craze Games. , a novel that serves as a prequel, was published in April 2012.

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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Characters [ ] • Mark Renton – the main character and of the novel, Renton is the voice of (relative) among his group of friends, many of whom he cannot stand. He narrates his daily life – from supporting his heroin addiction with dole money and petty theft to interacting with the 'normal world' – with a cynical, black-humoured eye. Atmosphere Discography. He is capable of fitting in well enough to common society, is relatively good-looking and of above-average intelligence, but is and, and uses heroin both as a means to withdraw and to give meaning to his life. • Simon 'Sick Boy' Williamson – A slick, promiscuous,, and Renton's oldest friend.

He picks up women with ease and flaunts this quality in front of his friends. He is often on the lookout for potential scams, and despite his friendly, charming facade, he generally regards the women he seduces with little more than contempt. By the end of the novel, he has become a pimp of young girls. Essentially, a combination of and, he becomes even more amoral after the death of his daughter Dawn, who asphyxiates while her mother Lesley and Sick Boy are on a heroin binge (Sick Boy outwardly denies parental responsibility until years after the fact, but it is heavily implied that he blames himself for Dawn's death).

Sick Boy considers himself above everyone he interacts with in terms of restraint and moral fibre, despite being one of the most shallow and callous characters in the novel. When thinking to himself, he often imagines he is speaking with. While Begbie represents [ ] unavoidable, unanswerable violence to the of the novel, Sick Boy represents [ ] cold, calculated expediency, the type of life that Renton would have if he had no conscience or moral restraints. • Daniel 'Spud' Murphy – and childlike, Spud is both the whipping boy and only real source of comfort among Renton's circle of friends; they feel genuinely protective of him, even as they repeatedly mock and take advantage of him. Simlock Patch Generator Cid53 on this page. Although very light-fingered, Spud is notably more kindhearted than his friends, shown, for instance, in his love for animals. Spud represents the product of a society indifferent to social ills; he uses heroin because it feels good and because the simple truth is that he would not be able to achieve anything even when sober.