Skagboys by Irvine Welsh
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. 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;
"Welsh's descriptive style is masterful - crude, violent and poetic by turns - but it is dialogue for which he has the Midas touch.. Its banter, outrage and razor wit sing off the page. A film, one suspects, isn't far off." -- Arifa Akbar * Independent *
"The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent." * The Times *
"I’m not sure that in 2012 there will be a single novel, never mind half a dozen, with more verve or nous or life in it than Skagboys. Ye kin pure tell they Booker gadgies’ll no huv the baws but…" -- Anthony Cummins * Literary Review *
"I ended up charmed beyond measure, if that is the right word for a novel whose odd moments of poignance are regularly booted into touch by death, disillusionment and dereliction." -- D J Taylor * Spectator *
"Trainspotting may be a masterpiece but Skagboys is the reason the artist painted it, and sometimes that's the most compelling story." -- Joanna McGarry * Stylist *
"The voice of punk, grown up, grown wiser and grown eloquent." * The Times *
"I’m not sure that in 2012 there will be a single novel, never mind half a dozen, with more verve or nous or life in it than Skagboys. Ye kin pure tell they Booker gadgies’ll no huv the baws but…" -- Anthony Cummins * Literary Review *
"I ended up charmed beyond measure, if that is the right word for a novel whose odd moments of poignance are regularly booted into touch by death, disillusionment and dereliction." -- D J Taylor * Spectator *
"Trainspotting may be a masterpiece but Skagboys is the reason the artist painted it, and sometimes that's the most compelling story." -- Joanna McGarry * Stylist *
Irvine Welsh is the author of eleven previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224087902 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224087908 |
| Title | Skagboys |
| Author | Irvine Welsh |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Paddy Power Political Fiction Book of the Year 2013 (UK) |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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