The thing is, though, i am a fan of the movie, and of last years sequel, t2 trainspotting. Parents need to know that trainspotting is a black comedy about of a group of friends including ewan mcgregor held together largely by their shared addiction to heroin. Watch movies online on uwatchfree, download your favorite movies and tvseries in hd without registration. Humans of new york is the book inspired by the blog. Continuum contemporaries will be a wonderful source of ideas and inspiration for members of book clubs and readings groups, as well as for literature students. Ecstasy was partly a retread of stuff welsh did far better in his first two books, and then partly a demonstration that he was absolutely incapable of writing about middle or upperclass characters without resorting to lazy and cliched characterisation. Trainspotting by irvine welsh is an irreverent and uncompromising portrait of the heroin subculture in edinburgh. Possibly, but trainspotting was fresh and interesting.
Humans of new york by brandon stanton, 9781250038821, available at book depository with free delivery. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Trainspotting mark renton series book 2 kindle edition. The stage adaptation, written by harry gibson, predates them both, so. Humans of new york hony is a photoblog and book of street portraits and interviews collected on the streets of new york city. London euston, kings cross, london paddington, london victoria and london waterloo you can get around if you get the right platform. Humans of new york by brandon stanton, hardcover barnes. The latest stories from hony, featuring interviews with thousands of people on the streets of new york city. Trainspotting is the novel that first launched irvine welshs spectacular careeran authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of. Few films are fortunate to be at the right time and right place and take the world by storm as trainspotting did, but the ultimate proof of this films greatness is that if you watched it alone or with a large group of people, in 2008 or in 1996, it has the same effect absolute power. In 20, his book humans of new york, based on that blog, was. Train spotting was the idea of a chap in the public relations office at waterloo. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Brandon stantons humans of new york in pictures art. Trainspotting is the first novel by scottish writer irvine welsh, first published in 1993. Trainspotters could be banned from kings cross and other major stations for security reasons, it was claimed today. Its a stylised version of a world i only really got glimpses of thankfully but its entertaining, disturbing and the characters are sort of believable. They jocularly call this outdoor hobby of theirs trainspotting after the weird practise of train fans in the uk.
Join him and irvine welsh for a discussion of trainspotting on thursday june 12 at the newsroom, 60 farringdon road, london ec1. Trainspotting is the novel that first launched irvine welshs spectacular careeran authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of blasted lives. Trainspotting by danny boyle danny boyle, ewan mcgregor. Britains most dedicated trainspotter has published his own picture book after becoming the first person to stand on the platforms of all 2,552 railway stations in great britain. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. A film that shows what makes heroin addictive without glorifying it, trainspotting was one of the most popular and controversial british films of the 1990s. This copy of trainspotting with the movie tie cover has been read once and has since been stored on a.
Trainspotting is actually just a bunch of different scenes and events. Trainspotting is as close to what some might say is a realistic portrayal of hard drug use with a few fantastical elements thrown in by director danny boyle and writer john hodge to heighten the. So, to assuage the fears of many boyle included t2 trainspotting opening jan. His pictures of strangers on the streets of new york became huge hits on tumblr and facebook and now his book, humans of new york st martins press, has debuted at no 1 on the new york times. The screenplay of this terrific danny boyle directed movie that was based on the irvine welsh book.
This 61page guide for trainspotting by irvine welsh includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 43 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. Trainspotting first originated in the uk in the 1940s, when a young pr trainee working in waterloo spotted a gap in the market for a guide to inform young locomotive enthusiasts. It sometimes feels like were sliding into fascism by. Brandon stantons humans of new york 20 captures the joy, diversity, and promise of american and new york city life in a book of 400 glossy color photographs. Ian allen took on the bold steps tp produce a book himself and thats how. It accomplished for its own time and place what hubert selby, jr. About the book scottish writer irvine welshs first novel, trainspotting, is a collection of shortstories revolving around a group of friends, their drug use, and struggles in the city of edinburgh.
Theres a lot of vulgarity, sex and violence, but the book also talks about some important issues, such as scottish nationalism, hivaids, drug use theres a lot of drug use, racism in the uk and the problems in northern ireland. It takes the form of a collection of short stories, written in either scots, scottish english or british english, revolving around various residents of leith, edinburgh who either use heroin, are friends of the core group of heroin users, or engage in destructive activities that are implicitly portrayed. The heroin and crack cocaine addicted britons of the 1980s and 90s, memorably depicted in irvine welshs 1993 novel, trainspotting. What is the opinion about the movie trainspotting in. The second meaning of the title comes from a scene in the book where begbie and renton run into a homeless guy at a train yard and he asks him if they are trainspotting which was the.
Exploding with morbid wit, kinetic energy, and fatalistic insight, it jolted critics and audiences regardless of whether or not they actually liked it. Much time is spent simply on presenting sounds and images meant to simulate either the euphoria of heroin highs or the wretchedness of heroin withdrawal. Londong marathon weekend gatwick airport new member of staff, once. London twentyone years after the movie trainspotting gave the world a glimpse into edinburghs seedy, heroinfilled underbelly, the franchise is back on the map with t2. There are also at least two people i knew who are in it as extras, a. Trainspotter who visited every uk station publishes his. Cope, a heavyset, twentyeightyearold bronxborn puerto rican father of two. I thought trainspotting would be a cult book, but not generationdefining irvine welsh. Trainspotters to be banned from stations after 170 years. Reporting for the times of london on the latest british drug addiction data, david rose noted officials heralded the end of the trainspotting generation as the number of 18 to 24yearolds seeking treatment for heroin and crack problems has fallen. Danny boyles trainspotting is a film in which everything goes the right way.
Trainspotting is the novel that first launched irvine welshs spectacular career. Trainspotting is a colloquial 80s british term that means being obsessed with any one trivial topic. Union leaders say national express will bar spotters from stations on the. With four hundred color photos, including exclusive portraits and all new stories, humans of new york is a stunning collection of images that showcases the outsized personalities of new york. This one had ben sitting on my shelf for half an eternity. The best book ever written by man or serves to sell more copies than the bible. Rents, sick boy, mother superior, swanney, spuds, and seeker are as unforgettable a clutch of junkies, rude boys. With four hundred colour photos, including exclusive portraits and allnew stories, and a distinctive vellum jacket it is a stunning collection of images that will appeal not just to those who have been drawn in by the outsized personalities of new york, but to anyone interested in the. Yet if i wanted to convince anyone of the dangers of narcotics, this is the first book id have them read. T2 trainspotting a sad sequel to trainspotting, the drugdriven and sidewalkpounding hit of 1996.
I actually quite enjoyed this book though some parts of it were really hard to take. Books similar to trainspotting and other irvine welsh. Trainspotting book for sale in uk view 48 bargains. Taken over a threeyear period, the photographs show people of all ages, races, economic classes,religions, and conditions of life. Trainspotting is the novel that first launched irvine welshs spectacular careeran authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of blasted lives it accomplished for its own time and place what hubert selby, jr. Trainspotting this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Boston george working w pablo escobar, prison visit from johnny depp, and more. Talk story about a nighttime expedition with graffiti artists cope and sabe. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed, and most influential novels of recent years. Just as an afterthought for you t163r, some london terminus stations you can get around asking but dont have a problem.
Brace yourself, america, for irvine welshs trainspottingthe novel and the film that became the cult sensations of britain. With four hundred colour photos, including exclusive portraits and all new stories, and a distinctive vellum jacket, humans of new york is a stunning collection of images that will appeal not just to those who have been drawn in by the outsized personalities of new york, but to anyone. Whether it be drugs, football or sean connery movies. If youve read it you will know theres a section called trainspotting in which begbie and a couple of others go to the train station with the sole idea of finding some poor lone random joker there and giving him a profound kicking. Trainspotting was left off of the booker shortlist because two judges found it offensive, and others have accused it of glorifying drug use. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on. A month ago i finally grabbed the book and was excited to dive into irvine welsh famous story of drug addiction.