Trainspotting's Irvine Welsh: We've become 'dumbed down machines'

Irvine Welsh is pictured pointing to the second floor of a grey stone building in Leith, Edinburgh, where he wrote his acclaimed novel Trainspotting, which depicts the lives of heroin-addicted friends against a backdrop of social decay. As he prepares to publish a sequel to the 1993 cult classic, Welsh reflects on his journey from a troubled past to literary success, having sold over a million copies in the UK.

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Irvine Welsh, the author of the famous book “Trainspotting,” is back in his old neighborhood, where he wrote the story about friends living in Edinburgh, and he’s excited to share a new sequel.

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