Skagboys

2012 novel by Irvine Welsh, prequel to "Trainspotting"
VisualArtwork literary_work Q3486108
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Skagboys

Summary

Skagboys is a literary work[1]. Skagboys ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Skagboys authored Irvine Welsh[3].
  • Skagboys's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Skagboys's publisher is recorded as Jonathan Cape[5].
  • Skagboys's publisher is recorded as W. W. Norton & Company[6].
  • Skagboys's followed by is recorded as Trainspotting[7].
  • Skagboys's part of the series is recorded as Mark Renton series[8].
  • Skagboys's OCLC number is recorded as 772968095[9].
  • Skagboys's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Skagboys's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[11].
  • Skagboys's publication date is recorded as +2012-09-17T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Skagboys's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05f8g_m[13].
  • Skagboys's Open Library ID is recorded as OL34601021M[14].
  • Skagboys's characters is recorded as Mark Renton[15].
  • Skagboys's characters is recorded as Sick Boy[16].
  • Skagboys's characters is recorded as Spud[17].
  • Skagboys's characters is recorded as Francis Begbie[18].
  • Skagboys's Internet Archive ID is recorded as skagboys0000wels_t0j3[19].
  • Skagboys's has edition or translation is recorded as Skagboys[20].
  • Skagboys's narrative location is recorded as Edinburgh[21].
  • Skagboys's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Skagboys'}[22].
  • Skagboys's BBC Things ID is recorded as a6dee66f-847a-41ef-8162-acb5849a4033[23].
  • Skagboys's Quora topic ID is recorded as Skagboys[24].
  • Skagboys's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Literature/Skagboys[25].
  • Skagboys's FantLab work ID is recorded as 450815[26].
  • Skagboys's form of creative work is recorded as novel[27].

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Works and Contributions

Skagboys authored Irvine Welsh[3].

Why It Matters

Skagboys ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2] Skagboys has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [23] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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