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
My Name Is Mina My Name Is Mina My Name Is Mina is a 2010 children's novel by David Almond. It is a prequel to "Skellig" and is about Mina, a homeschooled girl who lives across the road from the house that Michael's family moves into at the beginning of "Skellig". The novel takes the form of a stream of consciousness journal. "Booklist", in a starred review of "My Name Is Mina", wrote "Almond is rather brave to have written a prequel to Skellig (1998), a book that was the essence of originality. So many things could have gone wrong. But he is too