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If I had to direct and produce anything...it would be this
It has been about a year since I read this, but as a play it was perfect.Classic Welsh, like 3 sets, and completely twisted.

Great author, failed play...
I'm a huge fan of Welsh's other books, but his characters don't translate well here. He's got a leg up in that the three main characters should all be familiar to Welsh fans, so minimal effort is needed to flesh them out, but in the end the notion that they somehow find love is so far-fetched that I thought it was a joke at first. Imagine Frank Begbie from 'Trainspotting' going soft over a bird and suddenly wanting to escape his violent and nihlistic life (all within the span of two or three pages) and you've got the essential problem I had with this play. The introduction by Welsh is actually the best part.

You get the feeling that the lost production costs are being recouped through the sale of this screenplay. Buy "Ecstasy" or "The Acid House" instead.

Would love to see the stage version
First play I've read from Welsh, but I was very impressed with the balance of humor, drama and typical screwed up mentality of the characters, which is a very common flavor of Irvine Welsh. It's a short read, but extremely entertaining and I couldn't put it down until I was done.

Worth reading... or putting on a production.
There's a much publicised divide 'twixt Edinburgh and Glasgow... the two cities lie less than fourty miles apart. One is huge and cosmopolitan, the other is the capital of Scotland. The title of the play subverts the phraze Edinburgh hosts are alleged to greet their guests with; "You'll have had your tea, then?"

This play, I think, preceeded Gargarin Way (by a playright whose name I cannot recall at present, but a similar sceniario, and just as good if not better).

It's worth reading. Really sick, obviously, but there's Mr Welsh for you.

great quick read if you like irvine welsh
just going to be brief, but i thought this was an enjoyable quick read about two kidnappers and the guy they kidnap and his gf.its like welsh's other novels where it has some very funny parts but at other times has some very deep serious portions.
some of it might seem to be a bit of a stretch, but hey it is fiction, it'd probably be interesting to actually see on stage.
so if you like welsh i suggest readin this. or if you havent this might be a good starter read. ... Read more

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All the short stories here are brand new, specially commissioned and from a unique mix of bestselling crime writers. Each author was asked for a story which features a crime and is set in Edinburgh. The results range from hard-boiled police procedural to historical whodunit and from the wildly comic to the spookily supernatural.

The Casebook contributors are Lin Anderson, Kate Atkinson, Margaret Atwood, Christopher Brookmyre, John Burnside, Isla Dewar, A L Kennedy, Denise Mina, Ian Rankin and James Robertson, with an introduction by Irvine Welsh. ... Read more

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If you put four dwarfs in a room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears.In 1935, MGM studios embarked on a movie adaptation of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. The production called for the casting of many dwarfs to play the Munchkins of the mythical Land of Oz, and the studio began recruiting 'small persons' from all over the world.

During production, rumors spread around Hollywood of wild Munchkin sex orgies, drunken behavior and general dwarf debauchery. More sinisterly, a Munchkin is said to have committed suicide by hanging himself on the set during filming—what appears to be a small human body is clearly visible hanging from a tree in the Tin Man scene. It is a claim that has passed into Hollywood legend.

Set in a hotel room in Culver City, California, Babylon Heights is Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh's scabrous and hilarious imaging of what could, very possibly, have led to the dwarf suicide. ... Read more

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Irvine Welsh's play...
This is a play by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh.If you enjoy Irvine Welsh, you'll like this play.It's a twisted tale of the "Wizard of Oz" munchkins, behind the scenes.It revolves around a few actors (little people) who room together during the filming of the movie.One is an angry opium-smoker.Another is a timid young man, and there is also a woman.We read of their interactions, dialogues, and opinions of things like the films production,and much, much more. ... Read more

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'Days Like This' is an anthology of selected true stories showcasing the ordinary genius of Scotland's people. The book also features stories by celebrity curators Irvine Welsh, Roddy Woomble, Hardeep Singh Kohli,Siobhan Redmond, Jamie Andrew, and Evelyn Glennie.The stories are the result of a project run by Scottish Book Trust in partnership with BBC Radio Scotland, which gave people across Scotland the chance to write about a special day in their life. The project gathered hundreds of extraordinary tales, from born-and-bred Scots to newly-arrived immigrants with the best ones broadcast on BBC radio Scotland. ... Read more

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Do not make the mistake
Just a warning to Irvine Welsh fans, this is not a book on it's own, it is a french version of Filth. My brother made the mistake of asking for it for christmas thinking it was a different book and my other brother ordered it without realising. ... Read more

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A darkly imaginative anthology that pushes the boundries of content, theme...and, at times, good taste. The Best Underground Fiction Volume One contains twenty-one stories from established masters and talented newcomers, all of which exhibit "something more" that places them outside the mainstream, and at the forefront of the next revolution in literature. ... Read more

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By no means a systematic study, largely contemporaraneous view.
This is a healthy collection of essays on French football/soccer clearly from the days of some of France's greatest triumphs in the sport, when they won the double of the World and Euro Cup, 1998 and 2000.

We do have here, anything from straight-forward historical articles to artsy or poetic pieces such as the epic on Z. Zidane. The study is still rather precursory but the book running almost 300 pages still makes for a good read.

I must say, while I am here, a poetic piece on Zidane does not excite me too much but at the same time, it would be good to remember that "football poems" are a big deal in Europe. We Americans have our own "Casey at the bat", so we are not ourselves exempt from this phenomenon. Still, a definitive study on ZiZou has not been penned in the English language and it would have been nice to have gathered more insight. Actually, a book with good information on Zidane himself during his Juventus years is in the book How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization about how Zidane wearing his winter cap and carrying his duffel bag looks like so many Northern Africans one might see in France.


There are some excellent insights to the French psyche in sport, supposedly we'd always understand that finishing 2nd is not good enough, well, runnersup do mean a lot to the French which is probably in part why you can see "multiple winners" in the Tour de France, not only a winner of the whole bicycle race in general but additional winners as well, "King of the mountains, "time trialists" and so on. I believe this is a healthy attitude, when we see a shootout in a soccer game, no team actually won the game, they are only deciding a result from little more than a lottery and when one looks at some winners of the world cup, 2nd place isn't too bad because chances are a shootout, a refs bad call or something else may have determined the outcome.

Henry's handball excepted, "Les Bleus", the French National Soccer team has generally been a white knight of international football, unjustly denied in 1982 by the foul play of their opponents, the Germans, they may well have been the best team and went on to win the 1984 Euro Cup. Covered as well are some other international triumphs such as the 1986 shootout win by France over Brazil. France has chalked up such victories over the Samba Boys in '86, '98 and '06, now, I may exaggerate the importance of those wins but at times, it seems they are the only team able to defeat Brazil with any sort of regularity in Europe at least and other teams which I doubt can match that feat probably breath a sigh of relief each time the French do it and knock the giants out of the big tournaments. That alone makes their feats among the most monumental in the sport. Though we know Henry's play as bringing the game into disrepute vs. Ireland Republic, the World Cup has long been a haven for under-handed tactics to prosper and at times, the Champions League "can" be similar as well. It was a delight to every true sporting fan to see France climb to the #1 position in the Fifa rankings after their triumph over Brazil and others and stay there for what seems the longest time, the good guys finally win. They are still large benefactors of that era. Though most would say Zidane is after Pele and Maradona as greatest all-time players, history will be the final judge.

Most of the World Cups won by Italy or Germany are heavily tainted with unsportsmanship play, just research the so-called Miracle of Bonn story of the 1954 World Cup. It would be 'sour grapes' if the Hungarian players asserted the Germans doped, that they only had vitamin C shots and perhaps that is true in spite of players suffering and coming down with Jaundice but it is very clear that the Hungarians were denied a valid goal that was ruled as offside as video evidence has shown. Also, one of the German goals surely did come with obstruction to the defense but that is the way of the game. Against teams that have marred the World Cup so much, Germany and Italy, France should be proud.

Obviously here, we have the big French connection to the Premier League of England, especially back in the day of the publication of this book as Fabien Barthez (former Manchester United goalkeeper), Marcel Desailly, Emmanuel Petit, David Ginola are all subjects, more names than I really know, Didier Deschamps, etc.. One can also read about Eric Cantona, considered a legend at Old Trafford whether warranted or not along with the roles reversed an Chris Waddles travails in the French league. In this vein, if one really is interested in the French leagues, Full Time: The Secret Life of Tony Cascarino is a fine read as well about how the Irish National Player, having problems in the Premier League , went on to France for a stellar career, Tony's career in Great Britain was up and down shall we say.

Marseilles triumph in the Champions League, youth academies, scandals, geography such as chapters on the cycling hub of France, St. Etienne, coaches such as Wenger, Ultras who I may be wrong about but seem much less signficant than the role they play in other countries, all have their chapters along with some great French players of the past such as Platini, clearly one of the greatest ever. If there is one fault of the book it would be a lack of information B.P. "before Platini", Just Fontaine, Jean Pierre Papin, Wisniewski and Kopa along with the 3rd place finish of 1958 which could have been covered also, I mean few teams will ever defeat Germany or West Germany 6-3, let alone in the World Cup. Likewise, the gold winning LA Olympics French team should have been discussed more. France is a 'multi-sport' country, cycling, rugby, basketball, skiing, handball being popular along with soccer versus some European nations where soccer is virtually the only sport. In light of this, this books is well-presented. Pictures lack but that is no problem, how many pictures of Zidane, Platini do we need to see?

From Lourdes to St. Etienne, "I say a little prayer for you."

Interesting Read
A fairly good book about French football (soccer).I was searching around for a book about the history of French Football and I found this one, although it is not quite an account of the history of football in France.Each chapter is somewhat different--some are straight historical studies, while others are very artsy (especially the Zidane and Petit/Vieira chapters).The only repeat author is Mr. Ruhn, so there is quite a variety of writers.

The book is divided into six sections: the Clubs, National Team, Stars, Coaches, Scandals, and Supporters.Each section contains 3 or 4 chapters (except for the Stars which has 12) devoted to the subject heading.Thus, Mr. Ruhn is able to include many different events and/or people that have significantly impacted French football over the past 25 years.

Overall, I liked the book very much.My only large complaint is that some of the chapters left me wanting a little more, e.g., the Canal Plus, Arsene Wenger, the 1982 World Cup and 1984 Euro Cup chapters.With the book under 300 pages, I felt more could have been devoted to those chapters.Also, I felt as though there should have been a chapter on Jean Tigana.

That said, it was an interesting book.Even the chapters I thought were a bit short I enjoyed.The interviews with Laurent Perpere [Canal Plus] and Michel Platini were well done as well as the chapters on Eric Cantona and Arsene Wenger.The writing by Chris Waddle and Marcel Desailly is exceptional, especially Waddle's opinions on the French game and Desailly's thoughts on life versus football.

If anything, get it for the interesting chapter on Petit and Vieira.

Interesting Read
A fairly good book about French football (soccer).I was searching around for a book about the history of French Football and I found this one, although it is not quite an account of the history of football in France.Each chapter is somewhat different--some are straight historical studies, while others are very artsy (especially the Zidane and Petit/Vieira chapters).The only repeat author is Mr. Ruhn, so there is quite a variety of writers.

The book is divided into six sections: the Clubs, National Team, Stars, Coaches, Scandals, and Supporters.Each section contains 3 or 4 chapters (except for the Stars which has 12) devoted to the subject heading.Thus, Mr. Ruhn is able to include many different events and/or people that have significantly impacted French football over the past 25 years.

Overall, I liked the book very much.My only large complaint is that some of the chapters left me wanting a little more, e.g., the Canal Plus, Arsene Wenger, the 1982 World Cup and 1984 Euro Cup chapters.With the book under 300 pages, I felt more could have been devoted to those chapters.Also, I felt as though there should have been a chapter on Jean Tigana.

That said, it was a very good book, even the chapters I thought were a bit short.The interviews with Laurent Perpere [Canal Plus] and Michel Platini were well done as well as the chapters on Eric Cantona and Arsene Wenger.The writing done by Chris Waddle and Marcel Desailly is exceptional as well.If anything, get it for the interesting chapter on Petit and Vieira. ... Read more

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What 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 Edinburgh and showed him a remote, dangerous village in Africa? What would happen if you flew Alex Garland into one of the world's most hazardous war zones? And how would Tony Hawks react if you dragged him away from his tennis and asked him to write a song with a Sudanese tribesman? With Victoria Glendinning, Andrew O'Hagan, Giles Foden and WF Deedes, these writers have experienced for themselves one of the most beautiful and yet troubled lands in the world - The Sudan. This remarkable collection of short stories and evocative travel writing is their response - as diverse and unpredictable as the country itself. ... Read more

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A case study in how to adapt a difficult book for the screen
There are two reasons to pick up John Hodge's screenplay for "Trainspotting," based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.The first is because you have trouble understand English spoken with strong Scottish brogues and you cannot figure out how to use closed captioning.Admittedly, this is the minor reason.The second and major reason is to appreciate how well Hodge transformed Welsh's novel into a solid screenplay.After all, the novel was a collection of loosely related short stories about several different characters that neither aspires to nor reaches a complete narrative form.Also, the key to the characters comes as much from their internal monologues as it does from anything they say or do.Of course the solution was to focus on one character and make him the "narrator" of the film.This becomes Mark Renton, the unrepentant drug abuser who does not seem to be as hell-bent on self-destruction as the rest of his mates.

This volume includes an introduction by Hodge, who explains how he came to be coerced into writing the screenplay.The screenplay is indeed the screenplay, and not a transcript of the film, so there are plenty of changes in dialogue and editing if you actually do sit down and follow along while watching Danny Boyle's film.Notations tell you want scenes or bits of dialogue were cut from the film and there are plenty of black & white photographs of the various scenes (but just Ewen McGregor coming OUT of the toilet...).The Afterword consists of a brief interview with author Irvine Welsh, conducted during the penultimate week of the shooting of the film (Welsh was doing a cameo performance as the drug dealer Mikey Forrester).Welsh speaks candidly about the transformation of his novel into a film and how the drug scene in Scotland has changed since the book's original publication.However, for those who have actually tracked down and read the novel, reading the screenplay soon afterwards will give you a greater appreciation of how excellent a job Hodges did with this adaptation.

Good Stuff
I didn't buy the Screenplay for a need to understand the movie persay, however it was a definate treat. Sometimes you just don't want to read the entire book but you want to visualize the movie in your head. The screenplay is perfect for this. I recommend it for any Trainspotting fan.

Must have f
Trainspotting the movie was full of great details and funny dialogue that has to be tasted and thought about which like good wine gets better with age.

The companion interview with Irvine Welsh is a real treat. The manis articulate, funny, and has a lot to say. It is seldom one can get insidethe author and his feelings on a movie that is made.

There is also apreface written by John Hodge himself that details his process of fromwriting Shallow Grave and how that movie got made and then how the othersconvinced him to make trainspotting although he was terrible reluctant.That in itself was an amazing story.

I loved his note to the readersabout how he was sorry he didn't put our favourite bits of the book in themovie and how he didn't get to put his own favorites bits himself. He alsocomments about the liberty he took with the text, and explained some ofthem. As an Irvine Welsh fan I felt placated and had a new respect forHodge.

As for the screen play itself. You can read about Sick Boy'sideas about Sean Connery, personal thoughts of renton, his relationshipwith Diane, in detail. Everything in the movie is amplified. A small detailand a big scene takes the same importance on the page.

I love picking itup and reading my favourite bits. As an avid Irvine Welsh fan I couldreally take the time to see what John Hodge added to the film and apreciateit.

Watching the movie again takes about two hours of your time, andreplaying your favorite bits is never the same. This screen play allow youto do just that without much effort. It is short and easy to read, and heyto be honest, I didn't hear what was said in the film because of theaccents. Here I can read exactly what was said. If you love the book and/orthe movie god this is a great companion to go with it.

Horrid
The screenplay was horridly written. A complete mockery of hte book and of the movie.

A great way to accurately understand the movie's dialogue.
I loved the movie "Trainspotting."I watched it in the theater on my 14th birthday and have worshipped it since.This book was an instant buy after watching the movie, not only to memorize the entire script (well,not exactly,) but also to actually understand what the movie was saying. After all, the movie was a bit difficult to understand with the strongaccents and all.Buy this book, it's a great way to "see" themovie all over again. ... Read more

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In these pages you can enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister's boyfriend and the news of their engagement. You will discover, in 'The Rosewell Incident', how aliens addicted to Embassy Regal have Midlothian under surveillance, and plan to install the local casuals as the new governors of Planet Earth. You will not be surprised to read that a televised Hibs v. Hearts game might matter more to one character than the life of his wife, or that two guys fighting over a beautiful girl might agree - on reflection, and after a few pills and many pints of lager - that their friendship is actually more important.And you will be delighted to welcome back 'Juice' Terry Lawson, and to watch what happens when he meets his old nemesis, retired schoolmaster Albert Black, under the strobe-lights of a Miami Beach nightclub. Most of the stories in "Reheated Cabbage" originally appeared in fugitive form in magazines and long-out-of-print anthologies in the 1990s. Finally collected together, they show all Irvine Welsh's trademark skills - vaulting imagination, a brilliant vernacular ear, dark, scabrous humor and the ability to create some of the most memorable characters in contemporary fiction. ... Read more

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All around it isn't a bad collection
I first began reading Irvine Welsh when Trainspotting became super popular in the 1990s.What wasn't to love?It was gritty, foul, decadent, hopeless, and had fantastic music.Additionally, the story was all about that hidden, forbidden world of heroin and drugs, which enticed the teenager in me.I was completely sold when I saw that it was written in dialect, so the words are spelled as one would hear them, because my little language-loving heart was transported.

Strangely, all these elements are found equally throughout his books (Except the music, since I'm probably just imagining the Iggy Pop music in the background).Reheated Cabbage, too, channels all these things.In truth, Welsh hasn't changed much--or really at all--since his hit Trainspotting.Like Trainspotting, Reheated Cabbage tells its stories through the eyes of an individual who is usually pretty damned unlikable and worthless.(In fact, in one story, the protagonist is the young Begbie--who is quite possible the worst, meanest character ever created by Welsh, but a memorable one.)These worthless protagonists usually end up in severe trouble (young addicts carrying their dead friend around, Begbie ruining a family get-together, a homophobe trapped forever buggering his friends in a strange time loop, etc.)--but rarely realize that they're busily destroying their own life or how they ended up in such a situation.

The short stories span Welsh's career, but I'd find it hard to separate the new from the old.The themes, tone, and protagonist is almost always the same, even if the outrageous situations are different.In a way, this is exactly what hooked me on Welsh to begin with and I love it, but in another way, it makes most of the stories fade into the one after...

All around it isn't a bad collection.It's actually nice to see little snapshots of these protagonists, even if they all seem a bit similar.For those uninitiated in Welsh, I'll warn you that if you are in any way squeamish about anything at all (sex, death, rape, misogyny, idiots, cruelty, random violence, domestic violence, drugs, curse words) then I advise not picking up anything by Welsh because he engages every topic.And the "bad guy" is often the protagonist.A lot of the time the protagonist never figures out that he's a bad guy at all.For those initiated already: this is just more Welsh in the same line as all his other works and you shouldn't be surprised by anything here, so enjoy.

Reheated Cabbage - Classic early material
So much to love about this collection of short stories from Irvine Welsh.

Probably the highlight of this collection for me was the return of one of literatures truly 'nasty pieces of work', Frank Begbie. Reading 'Elspeth's Boyfriend,' I found myself laughing one minute and then filled with tension the next, wondering if 'Franko' was going to explode in a sickening act of violence - something this psychopath does quite often. Welsh is able to portray the Scottish Hard-Man in a genuinely comical way, but always with an undercurrent of extreme menace. Begbie is a truly disturbing character - but great fun to read about.

Another highlight for me was 'Fault on the Line.' This story is short but sweet. I found it very reminiscent of that classic from the Acid House, 'Disnae Matter.' I love to read and it's very unusual of me to laugh out aloud, but I found myself fully cracking up during this story.

If you enjoy science fiction, then it's a safe bet you've never read anything as original as 'The Rosewell Incident' before.How can you resist a story about a group of extra-terrestrial beings who are addicted to Embassy Regal. And a plot which consists of a group of football 'Casuals' who are installed as the new rulers of the planet earth.This one is proof of Irvine Welsh's truly devious imagination.

Plenty more good stuff here which I won't go into now, just to say that it's all very strong material.

If you're an Irvine Welsh fan then don't hesitate to go out and buy this book to add to your collection. If you're new to Welsh, then this is a great introduction to his work. (Most of the stories here were written in the early nineties at the beginning of his writing career.) Great job to Irvine Welsh and his publishers for gathering these stories together, because I would never have been able to enjoy them otherwise. Enjoy!
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Loving, sparring, partying, cavorting, drinking, smacking, preening--the boisterous family crowding the canvas of British photographer Nick Waplington's The Wedding has spirit to spare. "The opposite of instant pictures," writes novelist and critic John Berger of Waplington's work, "these photos are as lasting for a lifetime as tattoos, yet all they show is a split second. . . . Life breathes through every one."

Over the course of four years, Waplington became intimately acquainted with two large, working-class families residing in a municipal housing estate in Nottingham, England. The resulting book, Living Room (Aperture, 1991), proved the photographer had achieved an entirely unself-conscious relationship with his subjects.

Five years later, Waplington is still shooting. He revisits his Nottingham friends in The Wedding, a colorful, lively visual narrative with the mesmerizing flow of a soap opera. Times have changed in one of the living rooms. The kids are older and Mum is on the verge of a new marriage. With the wedding as a centerpiece, Waplington plunges into the midst of a communal group whose upbeat lifestyle seems able to overcome all obstacles.

Waplington's vibrant color images and text pulse with a visceral energy that cannot fail to draw us in. Presenting domestic drama at its most immeditately engaging and contemporary photography at its most free-wheeling, Nick Waplington's The Wedding is a singular artistic experience.

Working with Waplington, the cuting-edge British writer Irvine Welsh, author of Acid House, contributes an essay illuminating the social and political context for Waplington's work. Waplington also provides a personal introduction chronicling the evolution of the "Living Room" project, his intensely close relationship with his extended family, and the nine years he has spent photographing them.
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Nick Waplington published his first collection of photos,Living Room,documenting life in a housing project in Nottingham, England, in1991. The Wedding a second collection of photos fromNottingham, takes the marriage of Janet and Clive as a looseorganizing principle. In months of work, Waplington captured thesometimes disheveled existence of working men and women who revel inthe difficult lives they lead. Whether they capture childrenscrambling over furniture or neighbors enjoying a beer and a smoketogether, these photographs convey with great intimacy the tellingdetails of lives that are rich with tumultuous emotions and deepfriendships. ... Read more

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Much Praise
I must admit.I only picked up this book because Irvine Welsh had a small part in its content.I am very happy I did though.It is a very charming look at a families build up to a wedding, as well as the ceremony and reception.What makes this book so unique, is two things.One, this is no "ideal" family.Two, Waplington was able to capture some rare moments with his photographs.Flipping through the pages, you can get caught in their lives.I almost felt a part of the family.As though I was in the same run down house,with children running all about me.Walpington lives with his subjects.In doing this,he is able to show us a side to their lives you would not usually see in a photograph.I can not praise this book enough.Once again, my love of Irvine Welsh, has introduced me to a gem. This book is worth the time and money and should be noticed. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958 Leith, Edinburgh) is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. Irvine Welsh was born in Leith, a port area to the east and now part of the Scottish capital Edinburgh and moved with his family to Muirhouse, in Edinburgh, when he was four, where the family stayed at local housing schemes. Welsh is often pigeonholed as a writer whose work concentrates on recreational drug use. However, most of his fiction and non-fiction is dominated by the question of working class and Scottish identity in the period spanning the 1960s to the present day. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Irvine Welsh, James Nasmyth, Martin Kemp, Graham Watson, Stuart Macbride, Mark Macgregor, Adam Crozier, Mike Watson, Baron Watson of Invergowrie, Brian Monteith, Ingvald Godal, Archy Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Jim Telfer, James R. Barr, Fiona Watson, Gary Younge, Michael Lombardi, Henning Skumsvoll, Dirk Blaauw. Excerpt:Adam Crozier (born 26 January 1964, Isle of Bute , Scotland , UK ) is a Scottish businessman, and the chief executive of media company ITV plc , operator of the television channel ITV in England and Wales. After a career at Saatchi ... Read more