by Irvine Welsh · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433978936
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Skagboys is a novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh, published in 2012 and translated into Spanish in 2014. The story serves as a prequel to his most famous work, Trainspotting, and narrates the events that led the main characters to fall into heroin addiction in 1980s Edinburgh. The novel offers a raw and realistic look at the lives of working-class youth in Scotland during the Margaret Thatcher era, exploring themes such as poverty, unemployment, and the devastating impact of drugs on society.
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. His novels and short stories, which almost always take place in his native Scotland, are known for their gritty depictions of working-class life and its intricacies; particularly drug addiction, social alienation, lack of opportunity and boredom, amongst others.
