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
The Road to Memphis (novel) The Road to Memphis (novel) The Road to Memphis is a historical fiction novel written by Mildred D. Taylor. It was first published in 1990 by Penguin. It is the fourth book in the saga following: "Song of the Trees", "Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry" and "Let the Circle Be Unbroken". This would be the final book in the series chronologically to explore the story of the Logan family as a prequel to the series titled, "The Land", was released in 2001. The novel, like its predecessors, is narrated by Cassie Logan, who is now seventeen years old in