Young Adam
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] From this comes the saying, "I've shed my own skin and merged into the fog".
 Heinemann, 1961 First UK edition cover | |
| Author | Alexander Trocchi |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Language | English UK |
| Published | 1954 (Olympia Press) (1st edition) 1961 (Heinemann) (2nd English edition) |
| 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 |
This story was adapted into film as Young Adam in 2003 starring Ewan MacGregor, Tilda Swinton and Peter Mullan.[2]
References
- Gritten, David (2002-08-05). "Return of the outsider". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- "Young Adam". The Independent. 2003-09-28. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
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