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Alexander Trocchi - a Life in Pieces

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In the fifties Glasgow-born writer and rebel Alexander Trocchi was lauded by William Burroughs, Leonard Cohen and Samuel Beckett. But sadly, as this portrait reveals, his addiction to heroin stood in the way of him achieving the literary heights expected.
(PDC 11.15-12.00)

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Director:
Tim Niel
Producer:
Allan Campbell
Source: Radio Times

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