This week we're delighted to delve into the reading habits of a genuine living legend: Irvine Welsh! Irvine is an acclaimed and frequently controversial novelist, playwright, director screenwriter and short story writer. His first novel was the massively popular Trainspotting (turned into an equally popular film) and he has produced 10 more novels with the latest being The Seal Club, a collaboration with Alan Warner and John King. We talked to him about rereading, music books, the joys of a chunky read, the importance of Evelyn Waugh and how he may have inadvertently killed Waugh's son, Auberon. To learn more or donate to the charity FareShare visit FareShare.org.uk
BOOKS
Daisy Buchanan - Insatiable
Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh - Seal Club
Elizabeth Jane Howard - Cazalet Chronicles
Alan Warner - Kitchenly 434
Michel Faber - Crimson Petal and the White
Don DeLillo - Underworld
James Joyce - Ulysses
Alasdair Gray - Lanark
William Burroughs - Naked Lunch
Raven Leilani - Luster
Jenni Fagan - Luckenbooth
Evelyn Waugh - Decline and Fall
Evelyn Waugh - Men at Arms
Penelope Lively - Perfect Happiness
JT Leroy - Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
James Frey - A Million Little Pieces
James Frey - Bright Shiny Morning
F Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the Night
Jenni Fagan - Sunlight Pilgrims
Mark Lanegan - Sing Backwards and Weep
Cat Marnell - How To Murder Your Life
Irvine Welsh - Glue
Irvine Welsh - Marabou Stork Nightmares
Irvine Welsh - Skag Boys
Ned Beauman - Boxer Beetle
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