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What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Trainspotting?

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Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general > Street fiction / urban fiction

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Trainspotting?

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Irvine Welsh

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Random House

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