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Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.<b>The arrival of<i> Trainspotting</i> was an earth-shaking cultural moment and it had a huge influence on me</b>… This book sings and, in the darkest moments, it shines with humour and friendship. <b>Every character here is alive</b>
- DOUGLAS STUART, Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain and Young Mungo,
A beautiful hardback edition of the hilarious, dark, ingenious novel that changed the face of British fiction.
Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth. Choose rotting away, pishing and shiteing yersel in a home, a total fuckin embarrassment tae the selfish, fucked-up brats ye've produced.
Choose life.
'The best book ever written by man or woman... Deserves to sell more copies than the Bible' Rebel Inc
'Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius' Sunday Times
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful