Skagboys (novel)
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Skagboys is a prequel novel to Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting that chronicles the early lives and descent into heroin addiction of Mark Renton, Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson, and their friends in 1980s Scotland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skagboys (novel) canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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prequel novel ⓘ |
| author | Irvine Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
drug culture
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social deprivation ⓘ youth culture in Edinburgh ⓘ |
| followsCharacter |
Begbie
NERFINISHED
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Mark Renton NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Spud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Scottish literature
ⓘ
contemporary fiction ⓘ urban fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Begbie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mark Renton NERFINISHED ⓘ Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson NERFINISHED ⓘ Spud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Porno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
addiction recovery and relapse
ⓘ
crime ⓘ family relationships ⓘ friendship ⓘ poverty ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Dirty realism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Thatcher-era politics
ⓘ
heroin addiction ⓘ unemployment ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partlyAutobiographical | false ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Trainspotting series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequelTo | Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCity | Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| writingStyle |
Scots dialect
ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ |
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