Další a patrně poslední návrat k hrdinům Trainspottingu ke čtenáři opět přivádí starou známou čtveřici – Marka, Begbieho, Simona, Spuda. Všichni jsou zas o něco starší, v nových životních rolích. Mark vydělává slušné peníze pořádáním tanečních... Zobraziť viac
Titul románu Filth (špína, svinstvo, hnus), zvolil autor tak, aby se dal vykládat na mnoho způsobů: jde o slangové označení policie, protože hlavní hrdina je policista, jde o označení svinstva, které nosí v břiše (tasemnice) i v duši, je to vlastnost... Zobraziť viac
Hrdinové Trainspottingu se vracejí na místo činu, do Edinburghu: Mark Renton z Amsterdamu, Simon Williamson z Londýna, Frank Begbie z vězení... Leith je příliš malý, než aby na sebe nenarazili. Všichni jsou o pár let starší, ze společné minulosti... Zobraziť viac
Svůj román Welsh zasadil netypicky do USA, a hlavní postavy jsou tentokrát ženy. Jedna z nich je Lucy Brennanová, trenérka ve fit centru, která odzbrojí možného vraha, a přivolá tak na sebe pozornost policie a zpravodajských relací... Zobraziť viac
CCV: 'Welsh has certainly described the world surrounding Edinburgh's underground drug movement with a most amazing... Zobraziť viac
Roy Strang is engaged in a strange quest in a surrealist South Africa. His mission is to eradicate the evil marabou stork before it drives away the flamingo from picturesque Lake Torto. Part of the 1995 Scottish Book Fortnight promotion.... Zobraziť viac
With the festive season almost upon him, Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson is winding down at work and gearing up socially - kicking off Christmas with a week of sex and drugs in Amsterdam. There are irritating flies in the ointment, ... Zobraziť viac
Ten years on from Trainspotting, Simon 'Sick Boy' Williamson is back in Edinburgh after a long spell in London... Zobraziť viac
Choose us. Choose life. Choose mortgage payments; choose washing machines; choose cars; choose sitting oan a couch watching mind-numbing and spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fuckin junk food intae yir mooth... Zobraziť viac
Irvine Welsh, 'poet laureate of the chemical generation', exposes the seamy underbelly of rave’s utopian dream. Lloyd, our... Zobraziť viac
Jim Francis has finally found the perfect life – and is now unrecognisable, even to himself. A successful painter and sculptor, he lives quietly with his wife, Melanie, and their two young daughters, in an affluent beach town in California... Zobraziť viac
The characters in this extraordinary book are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Two professors of philosophy turn pugilists; ... Zobraziť viac
Ritchie Gulliver MP is dead. Castrated and left to bleed in an empty Leith warehouse. Vicious, racist and corrupt, many thought he had it coming. But nobody could have predicted this... Zobraziť viac
Meet Lucy Brennan - an aggressive personal trainer who has just become a media hero after taking down a would-be gunman in Miami. The one witness to the daring rescue is Lena Sorensen - an overweight depressive who is becoming increasingly obsessed... Zobraziť viac
Mark Renton has it all: he's good-looking, young, with a pretty girlfriend and a place at university. But there's no room for him in the 1980s. Thatcher's government is destroying working-class communities across Britain, ... Zobraziť viac
Mark Renton is finally a success. An international jet-setter, he now makes significant money managing DJs, but the constant travel, airport lounges, soulless hotel rooms and broken relationships have left him dissatisfied with his life... Zobraziť viac
In Edinburgh, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is investigating a brutal crime... Ritchie Gulliver MP is dead. Castrated and left to bleed in an empty Leith warehouse. Vicious, racist and corrupt, many thought he had it coming. But... Zobraziť viac
In these pages you can enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister's boyfriend and the... Zobraziť viac
