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It’s good to be brought back to Welsh’s original hellfire * Observer *The stories combine sly humour with the tang of lived experience. It makes for a terrific collection, showcasing a writer who…has blossomed into one of the most distinctive, and distinguished, observers of British life * Sunday Telegraph *A total hoot to read. The first thing that strikes you about much of the material here is the amazing energy of Welsh’s writing * Independent on Sunday *Welsh’s work remains at once moving, repellent and worryingly funny * TLS *Full of fun, frenzy and filth – Sebastian Shakespeare * Tatler *Brilliantly ghastly – Stuart Kelly * Scotland on Sunday *An enjoyable Welsh outing, by turns brutish and funny – Adrian Turpin * Financial Times *His customary strengths are in place. The stories are very funny in their black, often cartoonish way. There’s also a degree of zest to the storytelling – James Walton * Daily Telegraph *Customary wit, flair and energy * WBQ *All the elements of Welsh’s best work remain in tact here: the brilliant imagination, the phonetically-transcribed Scots dialect, the humour, the gritty realism * Woman’s Way *

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 fifteen further novels, including the Sunday Times bestseller Men in Love and the Crime series, four books of shorter fiction, and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh, and Miami.