Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #129057 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Scottish Review of Books
'I haven't read anything so entertaining fiction wise for a long
time... Irresistibly funny... Irvine Welsh is superbly comic'

Literary Review
'Welsh's narrative control is so expert that he can elevate
anything.'

Scotland on Sunday
'I hold Irvine Welsh in higher regard than any living Scottish
writer...Welsh excels at the short form.'

Customer Reviews

A total waste of paper!!!
It's hard to imagine that this book was written by the same author who gave us Trainspotting and The Acid House. It seems that Welsh has finally run out of ideas and you could be forgiven for thinking that these short stories were actually written by a third rate Irvine Welsh copyist. Please take my advice and spend your hard earned cash on something else. On this evidence Mr Welsh is definitely yesterday's man. (I gave this book one star only because Amazon don't let you give any less).

A case of 'writers block' perhaps?....
If You Liked School, You'll Love Work The first few words of the first story had me captivated but after a few pages, the story kind of lost it's way and I found myself losing concentration regularly. It was pretty much the same with the next 3 stories and I was finding myself actually looking forward to the end of the book which isn't a good thing! That was until I started reading the final story, Kingdom of Fife which, in one word, is FANTASTIC! Definitely a case of leaving the best until last, the story is very similar to the stories in The Acid House and I think it'd make a good mini movie. I thought the 1st 4 stories were very bland and didn't really go anywhere. I hate to say that as I think Welsh is literary genius.

If you like Irvine Welsh borrow this but don't buy it
Hugely disappointing apart from The Kingdom of Fife which is Welsh at his best, the other stories are quite frankly rubbish and wouldn't be out of place in the 1970's horror compilations I used to read as a teenager. Stick to what you know Mr Welsh, The Kingdom of Fife is a cracker but the rest is dross.