Young Adam
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| Young Adam | |
 Heinemann, 1961 First UK Edition cover |
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| Author | Alexander Trocchi |
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| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Olympia Press (1st edition) |
| Publication date | 1954 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 168 (Rebel Edition 1999) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-0862419059 (Rebel Edition 1999) |
Young Adam is a 1957 novel by Alexander Trocchi about a young man working on the river barges of Glasgow. It tells the story of Joe, a young man working on the canals between Glasgow and Edinburgh who discovers a 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 and wife - and it becomes clearer as the novel progresses that Joe is connected to the corpse.
It was adapted to film as Young Adam in 2003.
