by Irvine Welsh · Jonathan Cape Ltd · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9780224050036
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«The Irvine Welsh Omnibus» is a fiction omnibus by Irvine Welsh, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in paperback (928 pages, in English).
The volume brings together Trainspotting, The Acid House and Marabou Stork Nightmares, three titles that portray marginal Scotland through characters trapped in addiction and violence. Welsh uses a colloquial register, urban Scots and sharp black humor to narrate alienation and survival in hostile environments.
The author's first three books, originally published on June 5, 1997 by Jonathan Cape and Secker & Warburg, in English.
For readers of contemporary fiction seeking raw British narrative, with marginal characters and an acerbic social portrait.
Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and filmmaker. His novels and short stories, which almost always take place in his native Scotland, are known for their gritty depictions of working-class life and its intricacies; particularly drug addiction, social alienation, lack of opportunity and boredom, amongst others.
