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Trainspotting (1996): Film vs Book
Film · 1996 · Directed by Danny Boyle · Starring Ewan McGregor
About the film
Young men in Edinburgh live from day to day in a world of drugs and friendship.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film keeps the book's energy and dark humor and trims its episodic structure.
Read or watch first?
The novel is written in dialect and gives a stronger sense of the voices.
What the book gives you
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
A bold, energetic read full of dark humor and vivid voices.
Who will like it: Readers who like raw, funny and fearless voices.