Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh.

[Eilidh]

Yeah yeah I know it's not a book I should be reading but I done it for a solo talk.
It's basically about a bunch of "junkies" living in Edinburgh, and the main character Renton is constantly trying to get off drugs. It had bad language and is quite an adult book and can be quite graphic. Overall I thought it was a good book (although it might be hard to understand for people from America etc, since it's written in the way a Scottish person would speak) It's funny, witty but quite serious and dark. I'd recommend it for most people :}
The characters are also very good, they range from Spud who is lovable and I constantly felt sorry for him. To Begbie, a "hard-man" who I honestly couldn't spend two minutes in a room with. So yeah, go read it!

[Bleeding Ink]

I need to read this for Alevel english lit, but the accent in the language is such a barrier! I can only get through it a few pages at a time, reading it aloud in a scottish accent xD