Abstract
Since the publication of Trainspotting in 1993, Irvine Welsh has produced seven novels, three collections of short stories and a variety of works for stage and screen. This range of creativity, coupled with an exceptional level of commercial success, has transformed Welsh from a mere novelist into what Robert Morace terms 'a cultural phenomenon'. While the major critical publications on Welsh to date (by Morace and Aaron Kelly) examine the author's work within this wider critical context, this chapter is an attempt to trace the development of the novels in particular: Trainspotting, Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995), Filth (1998), Glue (2001), Porno (2002), The Bedroom Secrets of the Masterchefs (2006) and Crime (2008).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Edinburgh Companion to Irvine Welsh |
| Editors | Berthold Schoene |
| Place of Publication | U.K. |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Pages | 19-30 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780748642878 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780748639182 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |