Irvine Welsh is the author of 10 previous works of fiction, most recently Crime. He currently lives in Dublin.
It's good to be brought back to Welsh's original hellfire * Observer * The stories combine sly humour with the tang of lived experience. It makes for a terrific collection, showcasing a writer who...has blossomed into one of the most distinctive, and distinguished, observers of British life * Sunday Telegraph * A total hoot to read. The first thing that strikes you about much of the material here is the amazing energy of Welsh's writing * Independent on Sunday * Welsh's work remains at once moving, repellent and worryingly funny * TLS * Full of fun, frenzy and filth -- Sebastian Shakespeare * Tatler *