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portada Dead Men's Trousers
Type
Physical Book
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Paperback
ISBN13
9781784708436

Dead Men's Trousers

Irvine Welsh (Author) · Random House Uk · Paperback

Dead Men's Trousers - Irvine Welsh

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Synopsis "Dead Men's Trousers "

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*Mark 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. He’s then rocked by a chance encounter with Frank Begbie, from whom he’d 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 Mark’s astonishment – doesn’t 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 doesn’t really help. One of these four will not survive to the end of this book. Which one of them is wearing Dead Men’s Trousers?
Irvine Welsh
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Irvine Welsh es un novelista, guionista y escritor escocés nacido en Leith, Edimburgo, en 1958. Considerado una de las voces más influyentes de la literatura británica contemporánea, alcanzó notoriedad internacional con Trainspotting (1993), una obra que retrata con crudeza y humor negro la vida de jóvenes de la clase trabajadora en Escocia. Su experiencia en los ambientes urbanos de Edimburgo y Londres, así como su interés por los márgenes de la sociedad, han marcado profundamente su narrativa. Welsh es conocido por el uso del dialecto escocés y por construir historias pobladas por personajes complejos, a menudo enfrentados a la adicción, la exclusión social y la búsqueda de identidad.

Entre sus obras verificadas destacan Trainspotting, The Acid House, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Filth, Glue, Porno y Skagboys. Esta última novela, publicada en 2012, funciona como precuela de Trainspotting y explora los orígenes de personajes emblemáticos como Mark Renton y Simon “Sick Boy” Williamson antes de su caída en la drogadicción. A lo largo de su carrera, Welsh también ha trabajado en cine, teatro y televisión, consolidando un universo literario interconectado que ha influido en generaciones de lectores y escritores.
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