Welsh published Trainspotting in 1993, portraying Francis 'Franco' Begbie as a violence-addicted sadist who has nothing but contempt for his heroin-addicted friends. The character was later ...

After all, the deadly Bond actually has much in common with perhaps Boyle's most famous movie character: Trainspotting's Francis "Franco" Begbie. Don't believe us? Let's look at the clear and ...

Welsh published Trainspotting in 1993, portraying Francis 'Franco' Begbie as a violence-addicted sadist who has nothing but ...

Francis Begbie has been transformed from the thug who recklessly launched a pint tumbler into a crowd just for thrills. But in author Irvine Welsh's new book The Blade Artist, Trainspotting ...

Now known as Jim Francis, Begbie is a reformed character who believes he has found the perfect life. But a return to Scotland for the funeral of a murdered son he hardly knows confronts him with a ...