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Irvine Welsh
Aaron KellyThis is the first full-length study of Irvine Welsh's fiction and provides a sustained textual and contextual analysis and evaluation of his work
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A Novel
Irvine Welsh"A family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a very fun read." —Entertainment Weekly This story of two men locked in a war of wills that threatens their very existence is vintage Irvine Welsh.
Crime
Irvine WelshWelsh is a brave writer... this is a great, redemptive book. It leaves you wanting more, much more. There's only one and you should be reading him again' Observer 'Crime is by some distance Welsh's most restrained and thoughtful work .
Lust for Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon
John Neil MunroA big presence at just under six foot two, back in those days Irvine had a mess of short hair, roughly cut in a protopunk style. Unkind critics would later be disparaging about Irvine's appearance, Teddy Jamieson of the Herald even going so far ...
Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance
Irvine WelshEcstasy follows them and others through the backstreets of Edinburgh, stifling suburban sitting rooms and the bright lights of London. Exhilarating and dazzling, this is Welsh at his very best.
The Acid House
Irvine WelshThe characters in this extraordinary book are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined.
Filth
Irvine WelshSuitable only for persons of strong constitution. Contains: Drug use Perversion Murder Corruption Sexism Racism Law Enforcement And a tapeworm
A Decent Ride
Irvine WelshSo fasten your seatbelts, because this is one ride that could certainly get a little bumpy.
The Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh
Berthold Schoene-HarwoodThis series offers new insights into Scottish authors, periods and topics drawing on contemporary critical approaches.
Glue
Irvine WelshGlue is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences and the secrets that hold them together into their thirties.
Skagboys
Irvine WelshBEFORE TRAINSPOTTING CAME SKAGBOYS The Number One Bestseller Mark Renton has it all: he’s good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a bright future.
Trainspotting
Irvine WelshLoud with laughter in the dark, this novel is the real McCoy’ Herald ‘A novel perpetually in a starburst of verbal energy – a vernacular spectacular... The stories we hear are retched from the gullet’ Scotland on Sunday
Porno
Irvine WelshIn the world of Porno, however, nothing is straightforward, as Sick Boy and Renton find out that they have unresolved issues to address, concerning the increasingly unhinged Frank Begbie, the troubled, drug-addled Spud, but, most of all, ...
The weekenders: travels in the heart of Africa
Alex GarlandWhat would happen if you took some of Britain's best writing talent, put them on a plane and flew them to one of the most extraordinary and inaccessible places on the planet?What would happen if you took Irvine Welsh from the streets of ...
Bewitched
Jonathan AmesThe most important new literary journal to emerge since Granta, Open City has published some of the best work by major writers and artists such as Mary Gaitskill, Denis Johnson, Jeff Koons, David Foster Wallace, Irvine Welsh, Terry Southern ...
The Blade Artist
Irvine WelshThe Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel – ultra violent but curiously redemptive – and it marks the return of one of modern fiction’s most infamous, terrifying characters, the incendiary Francis Begbie from Trainspotting.
The World in the Evening
Christopher IsherwoodChristopher Isherwood. 3. SARAH WAS EXPLAINING that Tawelfan means in Welsh 'The Quiet Place', that Dolgelly, also, is a Welsh name, and that the village, like several others in this neighbourhood, had been founded by Welsh settlers ...
Mr Nice: The Incredible Story of an Unconventional Life
Howard Marks'The story of a remarkable life, lived by the very brilliant and exceptionally wonderful Mr Nice' Irvine Welsh 'Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal' GQ 'A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric' Loaded 'A folk ...
Hard Men of Welsh Rugby
Lynn DaviesWho are the hardest men of Welsh Rugby? Here are the stories of twenty of the toughest Welsh Rugby Union players who fought valiantly for pride and honour in the days prior to the game turning professional in 1995.
Faraway
Lucy IrvineThis is a classic account by a writer who has dug deep into her psyche to illuminate the darkest reaches of our own. Seventeen years after the events described in her bestselling book Castaway, Lucy Irvine was travelling again.
Bibliography of Welsh periodicals, 1851-1900
Huw WaltersA detailed bibliography of Welsh periodicals from 1851 to 1900 comprising information about almost 900 periodicals, together with a thorough survey of the Welsh periodical press from 1735 to 1900. Over 120 black-and-white illustrations.
Welsh Dylan: Dylan Thomas's Life, Writing, and His Wales
John AckermanWelsh Dylan surveys Thomas's background, upbringing and life in Wales, and discusses the distinctively Welsh flavour of the Swansea stories, his Laugharne-indluenced later poetry, and the warm, gossiping village life that informs perhaps ...
Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder
Derek GunnHarrington lookedover to Lucy Irvine. “Lucy, can you give us the state of thenation please?” Lucy Irvine remained seated. Harris had always considered hera shy woman with people but had come to realise, as hadmany others, that, where ...
Castaway
Lucy Irvine'Writer seeks "wife" for a year on tropical island.' The opportunity to escape from it all was irresistible. Lucy Irvine answered the advertisement - and found herself alone on a remote desert island with a 'husband' she hardly knew.
Exile in His Own Country
Gareth CalwayA collection of highly achieved work... such a talented Welsh exile... whose stance on matters Welsh is both thoughtful and provocative.
Duncan's Itinerary of Scotland; with the principal roads to ...
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Great Things are Expected of Us: The Letters of Colonel C. ...
Cornelius Irvine WalkerWalker, C. Irvine. “Autobiography of C. I. Walker.” 1907. Unpublished manuscript in family's possession. ———. Cadet Days. Charleston, S.C.: Walker, Evans, and Cogswell Co., n.d. ———. Carolina Rifle Club, Charleston, S.C., July 30th, 1869 ...
New Cambridge Advanced English Teacher's Book
Leo JonesI've read the other one by Lucy Irvine. Um...she was the woman, Tim: you know. Helen: Oh, right. So you can both tell me the Jane: story . . . Tim: Mm, OK. Tim: Jane: Yeah. OK, well, there was this... there was this woman, Lucy Irvine, um... and ...
Rural Wales: Community and Marginalization
Paul J. ClokeThe report was commissioned by the Welsh Office, who did not publish the findings. This text analyzes and interprets this research to produce a possibly controversial picture of contemporary rural life in the welsh countryside.
Los Angeles Magazine
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