Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh (born 1958 or earlier) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is recognised for his novel Trainspotting (1993), which was later made into a film of the same name. His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

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	Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting: A Reader's Guide by Robert A. Morace really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2001 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brit Cult : An A-Z of British Pop Culture by Andrew Calcutt 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irvine Welsh (Contemporary British Novelists) by Aaron Kelly 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2005 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Choose Life. Choose Leith: Trainspotting on Location by Tim Bell really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon by John Neil Munro 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Justified Sinners: An Archaeology of Scottish Counter Culture, 1960 - 2000 (Polygon Pocketbooks) by Ross Birrell (Editor) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh by Berthold Schoene (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scottish Literature: An Introduction by Alan Riach 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2022 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Modern Scottish Novel: Narrative and the National Imagination by Cairns Craig 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1999 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irvine Welsh by Robert A. Morace 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars