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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
 A collection of long out of print Irvine Welsh stories from his early days of writing. Due for publication on July 2nd. It's available for pre-order at Amazon.co.uk In these pages you can enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister's boyfriend and the news of their engagement. You will discover, in 'The Rosewell Incident', how aliens addicted to Embassy Regal have Midlothian under surveillance, and plan to install the local casuals as the new governors of Planet Earth. You will not be surprised to read that a televised Hibs v. Hearts game might matter more to one character than the life of his wife, or that two guys fighting over a beautiful girl might agree - on reflection, and after a few pills and many pints of lager - that their friendship is actually more important.And you will be delighted to welcome back 'Juice' Terry Lawson, and to watch what happens when he meets his old nemesis, retired schoolmaster Albert Black, under the strobe-lights of a Miami Beach nightclub. Most of the stories in "Reheated Cabbage" originally appeared in fugitive form in magazines and long-out-of-print anthologies in the 1990s. Finally collected together, they show all Irvine Welsh's trademark skills - vaulting imagination, a brilliant vernacular ear, dark, scabrous humor and the ability to create some of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction.[permalink]
Friday, June 27, 2008
 Here's the synopsis: Welsh's sizzling new novel, Crime, is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine State and a seething underworld of utter darkness.[permalink]
Friday, January 25, 2008
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Here's the synopsis for If You Like School, You'll Love Work: In his first short-story collection since "The Acid House", Irvine Welsh sets us five tricky questions. In 'Rattlesnakes' how do three young Americans find themselves lost in the desert, and why does one find himself performing fellatio on another while being watched by the bare-breasted Madeline and two armed Mexicans? Who is the mysterious Korean chef who has moved upstairs to Chicago socialite Kendra Cross, in 'The D.O.G.S. of Lincoln Park', and what does he have to do with the disappearance of her faithful pooch Toto? In the title story, can Mickey Baker - an expat English bar-owner ducking and diving on the Costa Brava - manage to keep all his balls in the air: maintaining his barmaid Cynthia's body weight at the sexual maximum while attending to the youthful Persephone and dodging his persistent ex-wife and a pair of Spanish gangsters? By what train of events does Raymond Wilson Butler, writing a biography of a legendary US film director in "Miss Arizona" come to end up as a piece of movie memorabilia? And how, in the novella "The Kingdom of Fife" will Jason King - diminutive ex-trainee jockey and Subbuteo star of Cowdenbeath - fare in the world of middle-class female equestrians, and will he ever enjoy the tender and long-anticipated charms of Jenni Cahill and her remarkable jodhpurs? All of these questions are posed, and answered, in these five extraordinary stories: stories that remind us that Irvine Welsh is a master of the shorter form, a brilliant storyteller, and - unarguably - one of the funniest and filthiest writers in Britain. You can preorder If You Like School, You'll Love Work at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com[permalink]
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
"The Bedroom Secrets Of The Master Chefs, on the other hand, is a deeper, more ambitious novel than some of its predecessors. It follows the lives of two young Environmental Health Officers in Edinburgh. Both are ambitious, are haunted by the absence of their fathers, and both run into a celebrity restaurateur who seems to have it all, apart from a clean kitchen. But Brian Kibby is a social misfit and geek, Danny Skinner a hedonistic party boy. Their divergent personalities lead to a vicious rivalry - and the hatred takes dramatic physical form.[permalink]
Monday, July 31, 2006
Let's call a spade a spade — Irvine Welsh’s sixth novel is so awful that, to paraphrase James Wood, it invents its own category of awfulness.[permalink]
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Irvine Welsh is in a class of his own. Whatever the flaws of his books, they have a seething life in them that rivets attention and an inventiveness with story and language that continually amuses and amazes. The elaborate choreography of his predators and victims as they circle each other through the bars, offices and "fitba" terraces of Edinburgh seems powered by inexhaustibly rich reserves of desire, rage, guilt and scabrous humour. Read the full review[permalink] recently on irvinewelsh.com:
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Irvine Welsh links: :: Irvine Welsh's official site - irvinewelsh.net Yep, Welsh has finally succumbed to putting together his own site - lots of unpublished stuff, ruminations on future plans and a thumbs up for irvinewelsh.com too. We like. :: The
Agony And The Ecstasy :: You'll
Have Had Your Theatre :: Harry Gibson:
Trainspotting The Play :: Queerspotting :: Filth
:: Ecstasy:
Three Chemical Romances :: Welsh to appear at Aberdeen literary festival :: Addict: the new Trainspotting :: Bad Blood: the (short) movie :: Irvine Welsh is getting married :: Leith Walks: see Irvine Welsh's Edinburgh :: Tourist tours of Trainspotting's Edinburgh :: Danny Boyle To Direct "Porno" :: Irvine Welsh admits love for Jane Austen :: Author calls for action in Sudan :: Author Welsh eyes directing role :: New anthology featuring Welsh reading from Porno :: Welsh to work on soccer hooligan film :: "When porn sneezes, pop culture catches a cold" :: "Irvine Welsh attacks 'middle class' Edinburgh culture :: Porno sounds :: Irvine Welsh in Porno action :: Irvine Welsh bibliography :: Porno - the official website :: Irvine Welsh discussion forum - Catharton :: If you Like Irvine Welsh, You'll Probably Like This :: Hanging With The Scottish Homeboys :: Would the real Irvine Welsh please shoot up :: 100% Uncut Irvine Welsh on The Acid House :: Trainspotting film review :: Porno - Everybody's Doing It :: Porno - Sick Boy And The Hangover :: Porno - Upwardly Mobile :: Irvine Welsh: Observer special :: Irvine Welsh interview - Wanderlust magazine :: The Flowers Of Scotland :: Porno is the sequel to Trainspotting - Guardian :: Trainspotting explained :: Irvine Welsh overview - Guardian :: Glue - audio extract - Salon magazine :: Session Obsession - Radio One :: The House That Welsh Built - Papermag :: Irvine Welsh Q & A - Salon magazine :: The Irvine Welsh Hole :: "I am still a petulant brat" - This Is London :: Glue review - The Guardian :: Glue: first chapter - The Guardian :: Official Glue website :: Special edition of Glue to be published :: 4 Play - the anthology of Welsh stage adaptations :: New Irvine Welsh short story in "Speaking With The Angel" :: New Irvine Welsh short story in "Vox'n'Roll" :: Canongate Books :: Brett's Acid House :: Irvine Welsh meets Damon Albarn :: Headstate: the play - Williamette Week :: Irvine Welsh - Curator Of The Streets :: Glue: Powells interview :: Irvine Welsh - IMDB entry :: A Fault On The Line - An Irvine Welsh short story :: The Acid House: Zeitgeist Films :: Trainspotting author makes film to promote new Gene EP :: Filth: Police seize "offensive" pig posters :: Filth: the first chapter :: Filth: Time interview :: Ecstasy: Between The Lines :: Ecstasy: HotWired :: Trainspotting: The film's makers interviewed |
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An unofficial site of trainspotting about Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. edited by Chris Mitchell who also edits SpikeMagazine.com, a long running UK books/culture site. Mr Welsh knows we exist and says we're alright, but we don't have his contact details. Keep up to date with irvinewelsh.com
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