The Blade Artist

E867006

novel

The Blade Artist is a novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh that revisits the character Francis Begbie from Trainspotting, exploring his violent past and attempts at reinvention in a new life abroad.

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Surface form	Occurrences
The Blade Artist (novel)	1

Statements (25)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ
author	Irvine Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorNationality	Scottish ⓘ
basedOnCharacterFromWork	Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterOriginatesFrom	Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Scotland ⓘ
exploresTheme	identity ⓘ redemption ⓘ reinvention ⓘ violence ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Francis Begbie NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ
hasProtagonistPast	violent past GENERATED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Francis Begbie NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Francis Begbie’s past and present life ⓘ
partOfSeries	Trainspotting series NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistAttempts	personal reinvention ⓘ
protagonistNewLifeLocation	abroad ⓘ
publicationYear	2016 ⓘ
publisher	Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States

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this entity surface form: The Blade Artist (novel)