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Cover art for THE BEDROOM SECRETS OF THE MASTER CHEFS

FICTION

Released: Aug. 7, 2006

by Irvine Welsh

"Something new from the antic provocateur whose recent books have been frustratingly uneven. Welsh's best since his spectacular debut novel Trainspotting."

The dangerous symbiotic relationship embracing two profoundly different protagonists forms the core of Scottish-born Welsh's seventh novel. Read full book review >

Cover art for IF YOU LIKED SCHOOL, YOU’LL LOVE WORK

FICTION

Released: Sept. 1, 2007

IF YOU LIKED SCHOOL, YOU’LL LOVE WORK

by Irvine Welsh

"Jane Austen might have laughed at Welsh behind her parasol, but wouldn't have let him into the parlor. Readers who are getting tired of the same old shite may likewise be getting ready to show him the door."

The Scottish provocateur best-known for his ebulliently racy novels (The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs, 2007, etc.) is at it again, in a new collection of four stories and a short novel. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Sept. 1, 2008

CRIME

by Irvine Welsh

"A good man in a very bad world, Lennox deserves a thematically richer novel."

Dime-store psychology and half-baked moralizing undermine this character-driven police procedural. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Sept. 1, 2009

REHEATED CABBAGE

by Irvine Welsh

"The stories are dated, true, but even Welsh's leftovers still have enough whiplash to leave a mark."

A blast from the past: eight doses of Scotsploitation and ultraviolence from Welsh's poisonous pen (Crime, 2008, etc.). Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Aug. 28, 1996

ECSTASY

by Irvine Welsh

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