The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

Irvine Welsh

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English

Arrow
01 April 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

When Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer, disarms a gunman chasing two frightened homeless men, the police and the breaking-news cameras are not far behind and, within hours, Lucy is a media hero.

The solitary eye-witness is the depressed and overweight Lena Sorensen, who becomes obsessed with Lucy and signs up as her client - though she seems more interested in the trainer's body than her own. When the two women find themselves more closely aligned, and can't stop thinking about the sex lives of Siamese twins, the real problems start...In the aggressive, foul-mouthed trainer, Lucy Brennan, and the needy, manipulative Lena Sorensen, Irvine Welsh has created two of his most memorable female protagonists, and one of the most bizarre, sado-masochistic folies a deux in contemporary fiction.

Featuring murder, depravity and revenge - and enormous amounts of food and sex - The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins taps into two great obsessions of our time - how we look and where we live - and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks out the Florida sun.

By: Irvine Welsh
Imprint: Arrow
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 330g
ISBN: 9780099535560
ISBN 10: 0099535564
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 01 April 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Irvine Welsh is the author of nine previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.

Reviews for The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

[Welsh] has never written with greater verve... This is a novel packed with energy. -- Tom Adair Scotsman Not only cleverly conceived but genuinely, hauntingly, transgressive. -- Sandra Newman Guardian Razor-sharp prose... Both Lucy and Lena dazzle in this hugely entertaining read. -- Kevin Scott List Boisterous, exuberant. Sunday Times Proof [Welsh] can write convincingly about experiences suitably removed from his own. -- David Pollock Independent