Summary
WHEN Luke Mitchell was seen leaving court with a copy of Trainspotting in his hand, you wondered what Irvine Welsh must have felt. Had his novel in some way helped to fuel this young man's psychological tailspin? Were we meant to understand that the exploits of Renton and Sick-Boy were, for Mitchell, a literary adjunct to the Marilyn Manson songs that some believe helped pave his way to murder?
Trainspotting may rightly claim a hallowed place in the literary canon as a credo for the dispossessed, the despised and the drug- crazed, but it is an incitement to nothing more criminal than making your voice heard, no matter how strong its accent or colourful its vocabulary.See the full content of this document
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The Riddle of Luke Mitchell's Prison Literature First Word
It's hard to see what a man facing a murder conviction could draw in the way of comfort or inspiration from this novel. Yet even more puzzling is the impact the far gentler Catcher in the Rye has had on a handful...
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