num_pages: 432
description: A spectacular return of the wild dissolute gang from Trainspotting from the author the New York Times called Blisteringly funny. The gang from Trainspotting have mostly cleaned up their actuntil they are drawn back together to Scotland for one last schemea scheme one of them wont survive. Its an action-packed hilarious and rollicking trip as well as a moving elegy to the crew.Welsh makes these amoral misadventures so propulsive so joyfully awful that you have to go with the flowthis roues romp is about as much fun as you can have between two book covers. The TimesMark Renton is finally a success. An international jet-setter he now makes significant money managing DJs but the constant travel airport lounges soulless hotel rooms and broken relationships have left him dissatisfied with his life. Hes then rocked by a chance encounter with Frank Begbie from whom hed been hiding for years after a terrible betrayal and the resulting debt. But the psychotic Begbie appears to have reinvented himself as a celebrated artist and - much to Marks astonishment - doesnt seem interested in revenge.Sick Boy and Spud who have agendas of their own are intrigued to learn that their old friends are back in town but when they enter the bleak world of organ-harvesting things start to go so badly wrong. Lurching from crisis to crisis the four men circle each other driven by their personal histories and addictions confused angry - so desperate that even Hibs winning the Scottish Cup doesnt really help. One of these four will not survive to the end of this book. Which one of them is wearing Dead Mens Trousers?Fast and furious scabrously funny and weirdly moving this is a spectacular return of the crew from Trainspotting.
language: English
title: Dead Men's Trousers
publisher: Melville House