In the last gasp of youth Simon "Sick Boy" Williamson is back in Edinburgh. He taps into one last great scam: directing and producing a porn film. To make it work he needs bedfellows: the lovely Nikki Fuller-Smith a student with ambition ego and troubles to rival his own; old pal Mark Renton; and a motley crew that includes the neighborhood's favorite ex-beverage salesman "Juice" Terry. In the world of Porno however even the cons are conned. Sick Boy and Renton jockey for top dog. The out-of-jail and in-for-revenge Begbie is on the loose. But it's the hapless drug-addled Spud who may be spreading the most trouble. Porno is a novel about the Trainspotting crew ten years further down the line: still scheming still scamming still fighting for the first-class seats as the train careens at high velocity with derailment looming around the next corner.