@minnii and @anon84763962
This is becoming my favorite book. Did you guys find it to be very philosophical too? I like how the author is clearly very educated but channels his education/intellect through the non-educated characters. I’m also really getting a hang of the language. It’s second nature now. I just got past the chapter he had withdrawals and was locked in the bedroom by his parents. Page 215
I have to reread it, I just remember the most memorable parts. I puked reading the bathroom scene, and cried on the baby scene. It’s all I remember, I must’ve read it 14 years ago.
Also, it’s a very accurate depiction of heroin addiction. Everything the people in the sober house said about heroin exists in the book. Was Irvine welsh a heroin addict? Seems hard to believe he could write this if he wasn’t. I also like the musical references.
14 years ago! That was before I STOPPED reading books for 10 years. Haha. When I was still a child who read books.
Only book in hs was catcher in the rye, that I read.
Yeah I was 15. My mom didn’t want me to read it, but I read it in secret. I read a portuguese book before about heroin also, I wanted to be like the main character of that book, but after reading trainspotting, well I never touched heroin in my life, although I had plenty of chances to do it.
Good on you…you’d be singing a different tune than "alcohol is harder to quit than drugs ". If you did heroin a lot.
Back cover says 
I know right 
Funny back cover 
Have you read one flew over the coocoos nest?
I luuuurve book/movies
And my friend recommended it to me
I also know a lot about ken Kesey from electric koolaid acid test
I think. It’ll be my next book 
I saw the movie but didn’t read the book. Right now I’m reading one from an indian author I really like, one of my favorite books is his, The White Tiger. It’s wonderful.
It’s been a long time since I read Trainspotting so I don’t remember a lot of it. If I re-read it I’m sure it would all come back to me.
I’m really glad you are enjoying it!
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