Glue (book)
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Glue (ISBN 0393322157) is a novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting. Glue tells the stories of four Scottish boys over a few decades, through the use of different perspectives and different voices. Glue addresses sex, drugs, violence, and other social problems in Scotland through the lives of four boys. The title "Glue" refers not to the abuse of adhesives, but the metaphorical glue holding the foursome together through changing times.
The four main characters of Glue are Terry Lawson (Juice-Terry), Billy Birrell (Business Birrell), Andrew Galloway (Gally), Carl Ewart (DJ N-Sign). We first meet them as small children in 1970, then as teenagers around 1980, as young men around 1990, and as men in their late thirties around 2000.Template:Novel-stub