Trainspotting

I love this book, and I have since I first read it back in the early 90s.Having just finished reading Skagboys, which is the prequel to Trainspotting, published a little under twenty years later, I couldn't resist re-reading Trainspotting to see how good the follow-on was.What became apparent was how much better Welsh has got at this particular style of writing - the chapter per character, written in dialect. I commented in my Skagboys review that it was immediately obvious which character we were with on commencing a chapter. I was surprised in Trainspotting to find that this wasn't always the case - I had to read a bit and place the context to figure this out. Not a bad thing, just interesting that Welsh was able to improve.I had no expectation that I would reduce from 5 stars on this reading, and I have not. For me this book, probably along with [b:Vurt 14780 Vurt Jeff Noon https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1344338113l/14780.SX50.jpg 1383955], by Jeff Noon represent a point in my youth when I started reading more, as these books really delivered something new and different from all I had read before.Excellent.