Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh's scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories―the basis for the 1998 cult movie directed by Paul McGuigan. He is called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian) and "a mad, postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman). Using a range of approaches from bitter realism to …

‘Back to his violent best...dark, gruesome and captivating’ EsquireThe most terrifying character from Trainspotting returns.Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life – and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young …

When Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer, disarms an apparently crazed gunman, the police and the breaking-news cameras are not far behind. Within hours, Lucy becomes a hero. The solitary eye-witness, the depressed and overweight Lena Sorenson, thrilled by Lucy's heroism and decisiveness, becomes …

Trainspotting é um livro do escritor escocês Irvine Welsh, publicado em 1993. Trainspotting, na gíria escocesa, é uma atividade sem sentido, algo que é uma total perda de tempo. Essa expressão resume as vidas de Rents, Sick Boy, Tommy, Matty, Spud e Begbie, jovens moradores de Edimburgo que passam a maior parte de seu …