Review: Trainspotting (1993)

This is a very brief review of Trainspotting, the debut novel by Irvine Welsh published in 1993. It went on to be adapted to a Danny Boyle film of the same name, released in 1996. Graphic content referenced, and spoilers ahead. The novel is a painfully vivid depiction of a specific point and place in British history. I count myself lucky that I have no first-hand experience of the deprivation and…