Skagboys just out for the buzz on drugs, to total junkies. It shows how their attitudes and behaviour start to change as they become more defined by the drug and the culture around it". In 2012, Welsh said the prequel was actually initially written as part of "Trainspotting" but was not used in the published version. He later decided he would either erase his old work or use it in some way, as "he had a fear that he might fall under a bus and leave behind 'half-written stuff' which people would publish". He said, "I just went through it and
The Affair (Child novel) The Affair (Child novel) The Affair is the sixteenth book in the Jack Reacher series written by Lee Child but is a prequel set chronologically before most of them. It was published on 29 September 2011 in the United Kingdom and was published on 27 September 2011 in the USA. "The Affair" is a prequel set six months before Child's first novel, "Killing Floor" and setting out the explosive circumstances under which Reacher's career in the United States Army was terminated. This book is written in the first person. In March 1997, Maj. Jack Reacher is briefed by his superior