Irvine Welsh
May 12, 2014
It has been more than 20 years since his debut novel, Trainspotting, turned deep, dark Edinburgh and all of its junkie hijinks into a cultural sensation. But eight novels, several screenplays, and plenty of life-changes later, the Scottish writer with a mouth of bile and gold is still spinning stories of misadventure, madness, and tragicomedy. He’s just somewhere with a little more sunshine.