Skagboys Skagboys Skagboys is a 2012 novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. It is a prequel to his 1993 novel "Trainspotting", and its 2002 sequel "Porno". It follows the earlier lives of characters Renton and Sick Boy as they first descend into heroin addiction. When Welsh described the novel he said: "I think I’m going to call it Skag Boys: “skag” is my favourite word for heroin. It's set before they’re into heroin and investigates how the main characters become junkies, the family dynamics, the anxieties of young men. A lot of the fringe characters become more prominent". "I had a
Irving A. Fradkin Irving A. Fradkin Irving A. Fradkin (March 28, 1921 – November 19, 2016) was an optometrist and founder and president emeritus of Scholarship America. Fradkin has been referred to as the "Johnny Appleseed" of college scholarships due to his leadership in scholarship access; his work has received national media coverage and government support. Since its founding, Scholarship America has distributed more than $3.7 billion in scholarships and educational assistance to 2.3 million students, which the organization cites as being the largest nonprofit, private-sector scholarship support and educational support organization in the United States. Fradkin was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and