Dead Men's TrousersThe International Bestseller from the author The New York Times called "blisteringly funny" — it's the wild and wooly crew from Trainspotting back for one last adventure You don't need to have seen the blockbuster movie—nor read the earlier mega-bestselling books—to get what's going on in Dead Men's Trousers: Four no-longer-young men who constantly think back to their bawdy, drug-filled youth together on the streets of Edinburgh, decide they want to join forces for one last caper. Careful what you wish for... "Manages a sort of ragged glory, a life-affirming comic energy . . . A whooping last hurrah for the Trainspotting gang." —The Guardian "Crackles with idiomatic energy and brio." —Publishers Weekly Mark Renton is finally a success. He now makes significant money managing DJs, but the constant travel, airport lounges, soulless hotel rooms, and broken relationships have left him dissatisfied with life. Then he runs into his old partner in crime, Frank Begbie, from whom he'd been hiding for years. But the psychotic Begbie appears to have reinvented himself as a celebrated artist in Los Angeles, and doesn't seem interested in revenge. Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Sick Boy and Spud are intrigued to learn that their old friends are back in town, and concoct a new scheme for them all . . . Which is when things start to go horribly wrong. The four men, driven by their personal histories and addictions, circle each other, confused, angry, and desperate. One of these four will not survive . . . Which one is wearing Dead Men's Trousers? Fast and furious, scabrously funny, and weirdly moving, this is a spectacular return of the crew from Trainspotting. |
Contents
DECEMBER 2015 ANOTHER NEOLIBERAL CHRISTMAS | 15 |
Renton The Travelling Man | 17 |
Police Harassment | 34 |
Tinder Is the Night | 40 |
Spud Heres to You Mr Forrester | 66 |
Renton Client Confidentiality | 73 |
Sick Boy In Search of Euan McCorkindale | 94 |
Renton Sick Boy Payback | 109 |
Renton Decked | 211 |
Sick Boy Business Class | 217 |
Renton The Charger | 229 |
PostOp Blues | 236 |
Begbie Chuck Ponce | 245 |
MAY 2016 SPORT AND ᎪᎡᎢ | 249 |
Renton The 114YearOld Party | 251 |
Sick Boy Bringing It All Back Home | 269 |
Leith Heads | 134 |
Sick Boy ExpandingContracting | 145 |
Renton Bonnyrigged | 149 |
APRIL 2016 A MEDICAL EMERGENCY | 155 |
Spud The Butchers of Berlin | 157 |
Renton DJ Shagger | 165 |
Begbie Wild About Harry | 174 |
Sick Boy All Thaid Up | 180 |
Shagging Hoors Will Not Bring You Peace | 184 |
Out of the Shadows | 194 |
Spud Unsupervised Meat | 199 |
Sick Boy All Aboard the Renfrew Ferry | 204 |
Spud Hospital Eyes | 283 |
The Auction | 287 |
Begbie A History of Art | 298 |
Wankers at an Exhibition | 304 |
Sick Boy Marital Aid | 317 |
Renton The PayOff | 321 |
Taking the Shot | 326 |
JUNE 2016 BREXIT | 331 |
Renton Victorias Secret | 333 |
The Fort Versus the Banana Flats | 346 |
Begbie Brexit | 353 |
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