Young Adam

Everyone should read Young Adam.--Times Literary Supplement From an external source: Alexander Trocchi's first novel is an existential thriller set on a barge travelling along the canalways between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The plot revolves around the discovery of the corpse of a young woman found floating in the canal. As tensions develop between the narrator of the story and the couple with whom he shares the the barge, the reader is slowly sucked into the disturbed psyche of Trocchi's rootless anti-hero. This book was recently made into a film staring Ewan McGregor. Someone should do a biopic on Trocchi, as well.