{"product_id":"9780393089899","title":"Skagboys","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrequel to the best-selling phenomenon \u003cem\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/em\u003e, this exhilarating and moving novel shows how Welsh’s colorful miscreants first went wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e Mark Renton’s life seems to be on track: university, pretty girlfriend, even social success. But, in this prequel to \u003cem\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/em\u003e, after the death of his younger brother, Rent falls apart and starts hanging around with his old pals, including Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie, and being drawn irresistibly into their wacked-out plans. \u003cp\u003eSet against 1980s Thatcher-era Edinburgh—with its high unemployment, low expectations, and hard-to-come-by money and drugs?Irvine Welsh’s colorful crew lunges from one darkly hilarious misadventure to the next. Gritty, moving, and exhilarating, \u003cem\u003eSkagboys\u003c\/em\u003e paints their dizzying downward spiral with scabrous humor and raw language.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077752111344,"sku":"9780393089899","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780393089899_p0.jpg?v=1769892047","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780393089899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}