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- Trainspotting 5,167 copies, 44 reviews
- Porno 1,494 copies, 10 reviews
- Filth 1,380 copies, 16 reviews
- The Acid House 1,361 copies, 7 reviews
- Marabou Stork Nightmares 1,033 copies, 8 reviews
- Glue 990 copies, 9 reviews
- Ecstasy : Three Tales of Chemical Romance 974 copies, 8 reviews
- The bedroom secrets of the master chefs 553 copies, 10 reviews
- If You Liked School, You'll Love Work 306 copies, 8 reviews
- Crime: A Novel 242 copies, 9 reviews
- Skagboys 111 copies, 4 reviews
- Reheated Cabbage: Tales of Chemical Degeneration 109 copies, 19 reviews
- Omnibus: "Trainspotting", "Acid House", "Marabou Stork Nightmares" 71 copies, 1 review
- One City (Contributor) 61 copies, 2 reviews
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Irvine Welsh has 12 past events. (show)  Free Library of Philadelphia - Irvine Welsh - Skagboys - Lisa Zeidner - Love Bomb Skagboys Irvine Welsh “Not for the fainthearted” (Sunday Times), Irvine Welsh’s subterranean worlds are created with eloquent obscenity. He shot to fame with his first novel, Trainspotting, a dark comic portrait of the heroin-addicted fringe youth of 1980s Edinburgh, which was adapted into a film directed by Danny Boyle in 1996. The author of more than a dozen short story collections, screen plays, and novels, his works include Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance, Glue, Porno, and If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work. A prequel to Trainspotting, Skagboys follows Mark Renton and his cohorts in a disintegrating, drug-flooded community under Thatcher’s grim 1980s government. Love Bomb Lisa Zeidner Lisa Zeidner is the author of five novels, including the New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Layover, about a grieving wife and mother seeking reckless anonymity in abandoned hotel rooms. Zeidner’s two collections of poems include Talking Cure and Pocket Sundial, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, and her articles, personal essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, Salon, and Slate. She directs the MFA program in creative writing at Rutgers University, Camden. Love Bomb: A Novel opens with a wedding interrupted by a woman wearing a white gown and a gas mask, a sawed-off shotgun, and a bomb trigger. Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 (between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway) This is a FREE event; no tickets or reservations are required. For more information, please call 215-567-4341, or click here
Location: Street: Free Library of Philadelphia Additional: 1901 Vine Street City: Philadelphia, Province: Pennsylvania Postal Code: 19103-5207 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Irvine Welsh -- Skagboys -- Gables Marked by Irvine Welsh's scabrous humor and raw Scottish vernacular, Skagboys (W.W. Norton, $26.95) is the prequel to the best-selling phenomenon Trainspotting, an exhilarating and moving novel that shows how Welsh's colorful miscreants first went wrong. The novel transports us to 1980s Edinburgh, where the Trainspottingcrew is just getting started. Mark Renton has it all: the first in his family to attend university, he has a pretty girlfriend and a great social life. But when economic uncertainties and family problems intervene, Renton succumbs to the defeatism not to mention the drug use that has taken hold in Edinburgh 's tougher quarters. His friends are responding according to personality. Laid off, Spud Murphy is paralyzed in the face of long-term unemployment. Sick Boy, supreme manipulator of the opposite sex, is scamming and hustling for money and drugs. And meanwhile, psycho Franco Begbie is scaring the hell out of everyone. Darkly humorous, Skagboys gives a gritty and gripping portrait of a time, not unlike ours, when money was scarce, unemployment was high, and drugs seemed the answer.
Location: Street: 265 Aragon Ave City: Coral Gables, Province: Florida Postal Code: 33134-5008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Offsite Event: Irvine Welsh presents "Skagboys" New City and the Book Cellar present Irvine Welsh's Skagboys, the prequel to Welsh's famed Trainspotting, which chronicles how the main characters begin their descent into heroin addiction. Initially a part of Trainspotting, but later edited from the published content of the novel, Welsh has resurrected and expounded the overlooked portion to create his new work, which he will be reading and signing at Smart Bar. Find out more about the cult heroes who gave insight into the junkie underbelly of 1980s Edinburgh. Sure to be a wickedly fun event. **21 and older**
Location: Street: 3730 N Clark St. City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60613 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Irvine Welsh Irvine WelshIrvine Welsh will be our guest following the publication of Welsh in Miami (the Dutch translation of Crime). More details coming up! (divinenanny) Reheated Cabbage Foyles, Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 6:30pm Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh reads from Crime: A Novel. Keeping this evening lively—wherever we are—and entirely with authors from out of the U.S., is Irvine Welsh. A terrific reader of his work—and even more, a terrific novelist, whatever he delves into—he makes this welcome return from over the Atlantic (Ireland, Scotland) to read from his newest novel, Crime (W.W. Norton). (KingRat)… (more) Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh promotes Crime: A Novel. From Powells.com: Irvine (Trainspotting) Welsh's sizzling new novel, Crime (W. W. Norton), is a thrilling journey into the bright glamour of the Sunshine State and a seething underworld of utter darkness, in a shocking story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul. "Welsh applies his singular artistic gifts to a more conventional storyline and succeeds admirably," hails Booklist (starred review). (lyzadanger)… (more) Irvine Welsh discusses and signs CRIME Irvine Welsh , Crime: A Novel. Diesel Bookstore is proud to welcome back Irvine Welsh, the bestselling author of Trainspotting as he presents his newest book, Crime. As Welsh's very first novel set in the U.S., CRIME is a shocking and gripping story about the corruption and abuse of the human soul, and the possibilities for redemption.PURCHASE OF THE BOOK RESERVES YOU A SEAT AT THE EVENT! (booksense)… (more) IRVINE WELSH author event Irvine Welsh reads from Crime: A Novel. IRVINE WELSH reading & booksigning for "Crime" Friday, September 19 at 7:30 pm In "rime,"Scottish-born author Irvine Welsh brings his unique brand of literary mayhem to the glitzed-out, drugs-and-danger state of Florida. This just published novel tells the tale of Ray Lennox (a supporting character from the novel "Filth") who is cast adrift in the Sunshine State and who befriends a young girl in jeopardy. Not all, however, is as it seems. Described by the author as more “an existential thriller than a police procedural crime novel,” Welsh’s latest is sure to keep readers riveted.
Irvine Welsh is the author of "Trainspotting," "Marabou Stork Nightmares," "Ecstacy," "Porno" and other works. He divides his time between Florida, Ireland, and Scotland.
This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call 415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book, please email or phone our store. (Booksmith_in_SF)… (more)
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