“Having Fun in This Awful Place” ITF Read: Trainspotting (1993 novel)

Irvine Welsh’s debut novel disturbed and fascinated the literary
world in the 90s with its stark, unflinching depiction of the
underground heroin-fueled punk scene of Scotland. In episode 281,
Luke & James discuss the cult following phenomenon, a
shifting message over time, potential pitfalls and benefits of
writing in phonetic dialect, a disorienting array of
stream-of-consciousness POVs, and the dark humor to be found in
the bleakest of circumstances. Join them next week as they
compare the novel to the film directed by Danny Boyle!



References


“Choose Drugs” interview by Irvine Welsh



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