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.
Awards
Books by Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh's scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories—the basis for the 1998 cult movie directed by Paul McGuigan.More
If you put four dwarfs in a room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears.More
"A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun read." —Entertainment WeeklyMore
“[An] inimitable combination of dark realism, satire and psychological insight . . . complicated, unsettling and at times beautiful."--Publishers Weekly, starred reviewMore
From the celebrated author of the bestselling cult classic Trainspotting, a new work of fiction that triumphantly puts the E back in Eros.More
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
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
An epic novel about the bonds of friendship from the author of Trainspotting.More
Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting, is up to his old tricks with his new work of transgressive short fiction.More
"For anyone who gets high on language, this book is a fantastic trip...a real tour de force."—Madison Smartt Bell, SpinMore
The Trainspotting lads are back...and in worse shape than ever.More
Never-collected tales, including outrageous early stories from the Trainspotting years, plus a raucous new novella.More
Prequel to the best-selling phenomenon Trainspotting, this exhilarating and moving novel shows how Welsh’s colorful miscreants first went wrong.More
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