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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 His first short story collection since "The Acid House", this includes five extraordinary tales from the hugely acclaimed and popular author of "Trainspotting", Irvine Welsh. Welsh is a master of the shorter form, a brilliant storyteller and one of the funniest and filthiest writers in Britain. In stories ranging from the American desert to Chicago, to the Costa Brava and, of course, Scotland, Welsh reveals the often obscene and always entertaining lives of his vividly drawn characters. 'This collection of stories is a chorus of voices - rude, rough, discordant, filthy and often very, very funny... Brilliant' "The Times" Zusammenfassung In 'Rattlesnakes', three young Americans find themselves lost in the desert, held captive by armed Mexicans; an ex-jockey and table-football star of Cowdenbeath takes on the charms of Jenni Cahill and her remarkable jodhpurs...
