BEFORETRAINSPOTTINGCAMESKAGBOYS
The Number One Bestseller
Mark Renton has it all: hes good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a bright future. But theres no room for him in the 1980s and when his family starts to fracture, Marks life swings out of control. The way out is heroin. Its no better for his friends Spud Murphy is laid off from his job, Tommy Lawrence finds himself sucked into a life of petty crime, violence and the world of the psychotic Franco Begbie. Only Sick Boy seems to ride the current, scamming and hustling his way through it all. Exhilarating and moving,Skagboyscharts their journey from likely lads to young addicts in a decade which changed Britain forever.
