Dead Men's Trousers part 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the return of characters from Irvine Welsh's 'Dead Men's Trousers' and the troubles they face.

Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie are back, but trouble isn't far behind in the form of psychotic coppers, organ traffickers and horny in-laws. And, for one of them, it'll be the end of the road. Part one of our discussion on Dead Men's Trousers, from 2018, is out now

People in this episode

Hosts: Damien Kiely, James King

Topics covered

• Irvine Welsh
• Dead Men's Trousers
• character analysis
• literature discussion
• Scottish fiction

Keywords

• Irvine Welsh
• Dead Men's Trousers
• Renton
• Sick Boy
• Spud
• Begbie
• literature
• Scottish fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dead Men's Trousers

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