It accomplished for its own time and place what Hubert Selby, Jr.\'s Last Exit to Brooklyn did for his.
Trainspotting was made into the 1996 cult film starring Ewan Mac Gregor and directed by Danny Boyle (Shallow Grave)..
Rents, Sick Boy, Mother Superior, Swanney, Spuds, and Seeker are as unforgettable a clutch of junkies, rude boys, and psychos as readers will ever encounter.
It accomplished for its own time and place what Hubert Selby, Jr.\'s Last Exit to Brooklyn did for his