Trainspotting was longlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize (and was apparently rejected for the shortlist after "offending the sensibilities of two judges"[13]).
Welsh claimed that the book had sold over one million copies in the UK by 2015, and been translated into thirty languages.[14]
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The Question and Answer section for Trainspotting is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
