Skagboys

Skagboys

by Welsh, Irvine

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Mark Renton seems to have it all: he's the first in his family to go to university, he's young, has a pretty girlfriend and a great social life. But 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 badly handicapped younger brother dies the family bonds start to weaken, his life flips out of control, and he succumbs to the defeatism and the heroin which ha…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Skagboys

Summary

Mark Renton seems to have it all: he's the first in his family to go to university, he's young, has a pretty girlfriend and a great social life. But 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 badly handicapped younger brother dies the family bonds start to weaken, his life flips out of control, and he succumbs to the defeatism and the heroin which has taken hold in Edinburgh's grimmer areas

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2012

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Jonathan Cape
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2012

Notes

Originaludgave: 2012

The Physical Object

  • Description:548 sider

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780224087902, 0224087908, 9780224087919, 0224087916, 9781409028239, 1409028232
  • oclc:ocn794690271

Subjects

humor narkomaner Skotland

Writers

Welsh, Irvine

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