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Irvine Welsh

Author of Trainspotting

Includes the names: I. Welsh, Irvine Welsh, Irving Welsh, Irvine Welch, Irving Welsh, Irvine Welsh

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Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh on September 27, 1958. After leaving school, he lived in London for awhile, but eventually returned to Edinburgh where he worked for the city council in the housing department. He received a degree in computer science and studied for an MBA at Heriot Watt University. His first novel, Trainspotting, was published in 1993 and was adapted as a film starring Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle in 1996. He became a full-time writer in August 1995. His other works include The Acid House (1994), Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance (1996), Filth (1998), Glue (2001), and Porno (2002). He also wrote the plays Headstate (1994) and You'll Have Had Your Hole (1998). (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Trainspotting… (more)

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Trainspotting

The Best Underground Fiction

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Works by Irvine Welsh

Trainspotting 7,566 copies, 79 reviews

Porno 2,088 copies, 17 reviews

Filth 2,035 copies, 28 reviews

The Acid House 1,726 copies, 9 reviews

Glue 1,350 copies, 12 reviews

Marabou Stork Nightmares 1,320 copies, 12 reviews

Ecstasy 1,311 copies, 12 reviews

The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs 747 copies, 13 reviews

Skagboys 500 copies, 12 reviews

If You Liked School, You'll Love Work 459 copies, 9 reviews

Crime: A Novel 442 copies, 17 reviews

Reheated Cabbage: Tales of Chemical Degeneration 194 copies, 19 reviews

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins 178 copies, 7 reviews

The Blade Artist 159 copies, 5 reviews

A Decent Ride 141 copies, 3 reviews

Dead Men's Trousers 113 copies, 3 reviews

Omnibus: "Trainspotting", "Acid House", "Marabou Stork Nightmares" 109 copies

One City (Contributor) 97 copies, 3 reviews

Babylon Heights 37 copies

You'll Have Had Your Hole 31 copies

Kingdom of fife 25 copies

The Wedding: New Pictures from the Continuing "Living Room" Series 19 copies

4 Play 15 copies

The Long Knives (The CRIME series, 2) 14 copies, 1 review

Trainspotting & Headstate 14 copies

Days Like This: A Portrait of Scotland Through the Extraordinary Stories… 8 copies, 1 review

Rave: Vintage Minis (Vintage Minis Series) 5 copies

The Best Underground Fiction: Volume One 4 copies

Welsh:The Long Knives 3 copies

A Visitor's Guide to Edinburgh 3 copies

The Acid House [1998 film] 2 copies

Leonard Pepper and Other Stories 2 copies

Rebel Inc.: Sampled - Writing From the Edge (Arena) 2 copies

Filth [poster] 1 copy

Short stories 1 copy

Catholic Guilt (You Know You Love It) (in Speaking with the Angel -… 1 copy

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Also by Irvine Welsh

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Introduction, some editions) 37,951 copies, 612 reviews

A Clockwork Orange (Preface, some editions) 25,202 copies, 379 reviews

Speaking with the Angel (Contributor) 1,507 copies, 17 reviews

Mortification: Writers' Stories of Their Public Shame (Contributor) 291 copies, 4 reviews

Trainspotting [1996 film] 260 copies, 2 reviews

Children of Albion Rovers 133 copies

Rotten English: A Literary Anthology (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review

What's Your Story? [postcard collection] (Contributor) 59 copies, 3 reviews

Crimespotting (Introduction) 41 copies, 4 reviews

A Book of Two Halves: New Football Short Stories (Contributor) 29 copies

Caught by the River: A Collection of Words on Water (Contributor) 15 copies

Because I Am a Girl (Contributor) 15 copies, 1 review

24 Stories: of Hope for Survivors of the Grenfell Tower Fire (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review

Open City #3 (Contributor) 5 copies, 1 review

Vox 'n' Roll: Fiction for the 21st Century (Contributor) 5 copies

5managers: The Final Season Issues (Contributor) 1 copy

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