Skagboys
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Skagboys is a prequel novel to Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting that follows the early lives and descent into heroin addiction of Mark Renton and his friends in 1980s Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skagboys canonical | 2 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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prequel novel ⓘ |
| author | Irvine Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Daniel "Spud" Murphy
NERFINISHED
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Francis Begbie NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Renton NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Scottish literature
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black comedy ⓘ contemporary fiction ⓘ drug fiction ⓘ fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Porno
NERFINISHED
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Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Thatcher-era politics
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friendship ⓘ heroin addiction ⓘ unemployment ⓘ violence ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| narrativeFeature |
non-linear structure
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use of Scots dialect ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of early lives of Trainspotting characters
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social commentary on 1980s Britain ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Trainspotting series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| prequelTo | Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCity | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
AIDS and public health
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drug culture in Edinburgh ⓘ youth subculture ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.