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| Author | Alexander Trocchi |
|---|---|
| Language | English UK |
| Published | 1954 (Olympia Press) (1st edition) 1961 (Heinemann) (2nd English edition) |
| Publication place | France |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 168 pp (Rebel paperback edition 1999) |
| ISBN | 978-0-86241-905-9 (Rebel paperback edition 1999) |
| OCLC | 43418858 |
| 823/.914 21 | |
| LC Class | PR6070.R56 Y6 1999 |
Young Adam is a 1954 novel by Alexander Trocchi which tells the story of Joe, a young man who labours on the river barges of Glasgow, and who discovers the body of a young woman floating in the canal. The novel focuses on the relationship between Joe and his companions on the barge – a husband, Les and his younger wife, Ella – and it becomes clearer as the novel progresses that Joe is connected to the dead woman he found.[1]
This story was adapted into film as Young Adam in 2003 starring Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton and Peter Mullan.[2]
- ^ Gritten, David (5 August 2002). "Return of the outsider". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Young Adam". The Independent. 28 September 2003. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2018.