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Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting

US$90

Illustrated by Nicole Rifkin

Introduced By John Sutherland

Choose Trainspotting, the explosive debut of author Irvine Welsh, as Folio celebrates the 30th anniversary of this cult classic with the first illustrated edition ever published.

Trainspotting

US$90
Book Details
 
Production DetailsBound in printed and blocked cloth
Die-cut slipcase
Dimensions9 ½ inches x 6 ¼ inches
FontSet in Maxime with Futura as display
Pages400 pages
AuthorIrvine Welsh
Illustrated byNicole Rifkin
IllustrationFrontispiece plus 5 colour illustrations
Publication Date02/07/2023
Editor's Notes
 
Choose the book that outraged the critics. Choose the literary phenomenon that defined a generation. Choose Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. Introduced by critic John Sutherland, the savage picaresque of junkie Mark Renton returns to raise hell in celebration of the novel’s 30th anniversary with its first ever illustrated edition. With kaleidoscopic artwork by award-winning artist Nicole Rifkin, Folio invites you to revisit the book that nailed the hedonistic nineties, that exposed the poetry of a forgotten underclass and inspired the classic 1996 movie. Fearless, anarchic, honest, Trainspotting is a British cultural landmark and remains one of the greatest cult reads of all time.

About the illustrator

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is an award-winning Canadian-American illustrator based in New York. She graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) and has an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She is the recipient of many awards that span American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators and The Art Directors Club. Her ubiquitous work adorns covers of The New Yorker and other editorial publications of note, albums, music posters, murals, ad campaigns, and comic books, instantly recognisable for its limited palette, and figurative, rich narrative.

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About the illustrator

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is an award-winning Canadian-American illustrator based in New York. She graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) and has an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She is the recipient of many awards that span American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators and The Art Directors Club. Her ubiquitous work adorns covers of The New Yorker and other editorial publications of note, albums, music posters, murals, ad campaigns, and comic books, instantly recognisable for its limited palette, and figurative, rich narrative.

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About the illustrator

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is an award-winning Canadian-American illustrator based in New York. She graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) and has an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She is the recipient of many awards that span American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators and The Art Directors Club. Her ubiquitous work adorns covers of The New Yorker and other editorial publications of note, albums, music posters, murals, ad campaigns, and comic books, instantly recognisable for its limited palette, and figurative, rich narrative.

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About the illustrator

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is an award-winning Canadian-American illustrator based in New York. She graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) and has an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She is the recipient of many awards that span American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators and The Art Directors Club. Her ubiquitous work adorns covers of The New Yorker and other editorial publications of note, albums, music posters, murals, ad campaigns, and comic books, instantly recognisable for its limited palette, and figurative, rich narrative.

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About the illustrator

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is an award-winning Canadian-American illustrator based in New York. She graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) and has an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She is the recipient of many awards that span American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators and The Art Directors Club. Her ubiquitous work adorns covers of The New Yorker and other editorial publications of note, albums, music posters, murals, ad campaigns, and comic books, instantly recognisable for its limited palette, and figurative, rich narrative.

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About the illustrator

Nicole Rifkin

Nicole Rifkin is an award-winning Canadian-American illustrator based in New York. She graduated from the Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design (Illustration) and has an MFA in Illustration from SVA. She is the recipient of many awards that span American Illustration, The Society of Illustrators and The Art Directors Club. Her ubiquitous work adorns covers of The New Yorker and other editorial publications of note, albums, music posters, murals, ad campaigns, and comic books, instantly recognisable for its limited palette, and figurative, rich narrative.

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Born in Edinburgh in 1958, Irvine Welsh trained as an electrician before moving to London where he studied computer science. He later returned to Edinburgh and took an MBA at Heriot-Watt University. A writer, screenwriter, journalist and DJ, Welsh’s first novel, Trainspotting (1993) remains his most successful work and was adapted for the screen by Danny Boyle. Other books include Marabou Stalk Nightmares (1995), Glue (2001) and Porno (2002); a sequel to Trainspotting.

John Sutherland is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College, London, and has taught in universities worldwide. Author of over 20 books, his interest lies in the areas of Victorian fiction, the history of publishing and 20th-century fiction. His latest books are: Love, Sex, Death and Words: Tales from a Year in Literature (2010), written with Stephen Fender; Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 465 Lives (2011); and A Little History of Literature (2013). He was chairman of the 2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction and regularly writes for the Guardian.