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Books by Irvine Welsh
Marabou Stork Nightmares
- Paperback, 264 pages
Filth
- Paperback, 392 pages
NPR stories about Irvine Welsh
You Must Read This
Trapped In A Nightmare: A Sweet, Funny, Brutal Read
November 16, 2011 The best books don't just get inside a character's psyche, they get in the reader's head, as well. Author Ismet Prcic recommends Irvine Welsh's Marabou Stork Nightmares, a funny, provocative, cerebral novel that explores the meaning of violence.
My Guilty Pleasure
Sloane Crosley Finds The Fun In 'Filth'
December 10, 2010 Crosley says the novel by Irvine Welsh — also the author of Trainspotting — aces every category of "dirty" we have. Reading it, she explains, is like watching "a rusty car careen into a garbage dump of filthy phonetics and explode into a strangely beautiful ball of flames."
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