Mark Renton

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Mark Renton is a young, heroin-addicted antihero from Edinburgh whose cynical wit and struggle to escape his self-destructive lifestyle define Irvine Welsh’s novel "Trainspotting."

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Mark Renton canonical 10
Mr Renton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
adaptationMedium cinema
literature
addiction heroin
appearsIn film T2 Trainspotting
linked to: T2 Trainspotting

film Trainspotting
novel Dead Men’s Trousers
novel Porno
novel Trainspotting
short story collection The Acid House (cameo in shared universe)
basedIn Leith
characterRole antihero
creator Irvine Welsh
familyMember Dawn (niece)
Mr Renton
linked to: Mark Renton

Mrs Renton
fictionalUniverse Trainspotting
gender male
hasAssociate Francis Begbie
hasFriend Daniel Spud Murphy
Simon Sick Boy Williamson
hasSibling Billy Renton
literaryGenre contemporary fiction
urban fiction
literarySeries Trainspotting series
narrativeFunction first-person narrator
nationality Scottish
notableQuote Choose life
notableWork Trainspotting
occupation unemployed
personalityTrait cynical
intelligent
self-aware
placeOfOrigin Edinburgh
portrayedBy Ewan McGregor
primaryLanguage English
Scots
romanticRelationship Diane Coulston
setting Edinburgh
Leith, Edinburgh
linked to: Leith
strugglesWith addiction recovery
alienation
nihilism
theme drug addiction
escape
self-destruction
working-class life in Edinburgh
timePeriod early 1990s
late 1980s

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Trainspotting (novel) protagonist Mark Renton
Trainspotting (novel) character Mark Renton
Ewan McGregor role Mark Renton
T2 Trainspotting character Mark Renton
Mark Renton familyMember Mr Renton
linked to: Mark Renton
Daniel "Spud" Murphy closeFriendOf Mark Renton
Porno (novel) mainCharacter Mark Renton
Francis Begbie associatedWith Mark Renton