He picks up women with ease and flaunts this quality in front of his friends. Simon 'Sick Boy' Williamson – A slick, promiscuous, amoralcon artist, and Renton's oldest friend.He is a cheeky-chappy capable of fitting in well enough to common society, is relatively good-looking and of above-average intelligence, but is misanthropic and depressed, and uses heroin both as a means to show his unhappiness with the way society is, and for hedonistic purposes. He narrates his daily life – from supporting his heroin addiction with dole money and petty theft to interacting with the 'normal world' – with a cynical approach. Mark 'Rent Boy' Renton – the main character and antihero of the novel, Renton is the voice of reason among his group of friends, many of whom he cannot stand.Skagboys, a novel that serves as a prequel, was published in April 2012. The novel has since achieved a cult status, added to by the global success of the film based on it, Trainspotting (1996), directed by Danny Boyle.
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