Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

Books by Irvine Welsh

3 books available

Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
4.1 (153k) average on GoodreadsThriller
This story follows the lives of Edinburgh's heroin addicts as they deal with friendship, betrayal, and the constant search for drugs, all while rejecting the normal 'choose life' mantra.
Filth
Irvine Welsh
3.7 (26k) average on GoodreadsThriller
A depraved, drug-addled Scottish detective's pursuit of a promotion unravels into a grotesque psychological nightmare, battling an intestinal parasite and his own spiraling corruption amidst a racially charged murder investigation.
Marabou Stork Nightmares
Irvine Welsh
3.9 (10k) average on GoodreadsThriller
Trapped in a coma, Scottish hooligan Roy Strang goes on a hallucinatory quest to hunt a monstrous marabou stork. His psychedelic pursuit is constantly interrupted by lethal memories of the violence and dysfunction that landed him there.