Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Abbreviations vi
4. Series Editors’ Preface vii
5. Brief Biography of Irvine Welsh viii
6. Introduction 1
7. CHAPTER ONE Welsh and Tradition 9
8. CHAPTER TWO Welsh’s Novels 19
9. CHAPTER THREE Welsh’s Shorter Fiction 31
10. CHAPTER FOUR Trainspotting, the Film 42
11. CHAPTER FIVE Welsh and Gender 54
12. CHAPTER SIX Welsh, Drugs and Subculture 65
13. CHAPTER SEVEN Welsh and the Theatre 77
14. CHAPTER EIGHT Welsh and Identity Politics 89
15. CHAPTER NINE Welsh and Edinburgh 100
16. CHAPTER TEN Welsh in Translation 113
17. Endnotes 126
18. Further Reading 141
19. Notes on Contributors 143
20. Index 145