Marabou Stork Nightmares

Informationen zum Autor 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 fourteen further novels, including the number one Sunday Times bestseller Dead Men’s Trousers , four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami. Klappentext Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family! the Scottish housing scheme in which he grew up! his mundane job! a disastrous emigration to Africa! and his youthful life of brutality with a gang of soccer casuals. Zusammenfassung Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. But behind this world lies another: the world of Roy's bizarre family, the Scottish housing scheme in which he grew up, his mundane job, a disastrous emigration to Africa, and his youthful life of brutality with a gang of soccer casuals.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Irvine Welsh, Welsh Irvine
• Verlag: Vintage
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.1996
• EAN: 9780099435112
• ISBN: 978-0-09-943511-2
• Abmessung: 124 mm x 20 mm x 194 mm
• Gewicht: 200 g
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Schottische SchriftstellerInnen: Werke (div.), Edinburgh, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Humour, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Humorous fiction, Republic of South Africa, Contains explicit or offensive material or content, FICTION / Nature & the Environment, FICTION / World Literature / Scotland / 20th Century