Daniel "Spud" Murphy

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fictional character literary character

Daniel "Spud" Murphy is a hapless yet endearing heroin addict and close friend of Mark Renton in Irvine Welsh’s novel Trainspotting.

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Label	Occurrences
Daniel "Spud" Murphy canonical	2
Daniel Murphy	1
Daniel Spud Murphy	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ
appearsIn	Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ surface form: novel "Trainspotting"
associatedWith	Edinburgh heroin scene ⓘ
characterTrait	endearing ⓘ hapless ⓘ
closeFriendOf	Mark Renton ⓘ
createdBy	Irvine Welsh ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ surface form: Trainspotting universe
firstAppearance	Trainspotting (novel) ⓘ surface form: "Trainspotting" (1993 novel)
fullName	Daniel "Spud" Murphy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Daniel Murphy
genre	contemporary fiction ⓘ
hasAddiction	heroin ⓘ
hasFriendGroup	Francis Begbie ⓘ Mark Renton ⓘ Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson ⓘ
hasTheme	drug addiction ⓘ working-class life in Scotland ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
medium	literature ⓘ
nationality	Scottish (fictional) ⓘ
nickname	Spud ⓘ
partOf	Trainspotting (1996 film) ⓘ surface form: Trainspotting cast of characters
setting	Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trainspotting (novel) → character → Daniel "Spud" Murphy ⓘ

Mark Renton → hasFriend → Daniel "Spud" Murphy ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Spud Murphy

Daniel "Spud" Murphy → fullName → Daniel "Spud" Murphy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Daniel Murphy

Francis Begbie → associatedWith → Daniel "Spud" Murphy ⓘ