Irvine Welsh

Launched to fame in 1993 with Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh then turned to writing gritty detective fiction. His new novel The Long Knives is the highly-anticipated second instalment in the Crime trilogy, now a hit TV series. The plot... a racist, corrupt Edinburgh MP is found dead and there is no shortage of suspects. But will the real victims ever get justice?

Irvine Welsh is the author of Ecstasy; Glue; Porno; Filth; Marabou Stork Nightmares; The Acid House; If You Liked School, You’ll Love Work; The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs; and Reheated Cabbage.

He is in conversation with Steven Gale.

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