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Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh is the author of Trainspotting, Ecstacy, Filth (soon to be a major motion picture), Glue, Porno, and Crime, among other works. Welsh is also producing movies and writing screenplays. A native of Edinburgh, he lives in Chicago and Miami.

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Books by Irvine Welsh

  1. Book CoverThe Acid House


    Irvine Welsh's scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories—the basis for the 1998 cult movie directed by Paul McGuigan.More

  2. Book CoverBabylon Heights


    If you put four dwarfs in a room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears.More

  3. Book CoverThe Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A Novel


    "A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun read." —Entertainment WeeklyMore

  4. Book CoverCrime: A Novel


    “[An] inimitable combination of dark realism, satire and psychological insight . . . complicated, unsettling and at times beautiful."--Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore

  5. Book CoverEcstasy


    From the celebrated author of the bestselling cult classic Trainspotting, a new work of fiction that triumphantly puts the E back in Eros.More

  6. Book CoverEcstasy

    Movie Tie-in Edition

    Prepare for another cult-movie/cult-book wave as Ecstasy, the movie, brings new fans to Irvine Welsh’s book of “chemical romances.”More

  7. Book CoverFilth


    With the Christmas season upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson of Edinburgh's finest is gearing up socially—kicking things off with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam.More

  8. Book CoverGlue


    An epic novel about the bonds of friendship from the author of Trainspotting.More

  9. Book CoverIf You Liked School, You'll Love Work


    Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting, is up to his old tricks with his new work of transgressive short fiction.More

  10. Book CoverMarabou Stork Nightmares


    "For anyone who gets high on language, this book is a fantastic trip...a real tour de force."—Madison Smartt Bell, SpinMore

  11. Book CoverPorno


    The Trainspotting lads are back...and in worse shape than ever.More

  12. Book CoverReheated Cabbage: Tales of Chemical Degeneration


    Never-collected tales, including outrageous early stories from the Trainspotting years, plus a raucous new novella.More

  13. Book CoverSkagboys


    Prequel to the best-selling phenomenon Trainspotting, this exhilarating and moving novel shows how Welsh’s colorful miscreants first went wrong.More

  14. Book CoverTrainspotting


    Trainspotting is the novel that first launched Irvine Welsh's spectacular career—an authentic, unrelenting, and strangely exhilarating episodic group portrait of blasted lives.More