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Irvine welsh.

Irvine Welsh is a very famous Scottish author, He’s wrote books like Trainspotting, The Acid House and Marabou Stork Nightmares etc.
Irvine Welsh Is probably most famous for his gritty depiction of a gang of Scottish heroin addicts, Trainspotting, Irvine focuses on the darker side of human nature and drug use.
Irvine welsh is also known for writing in his native scot dialect, Making his prose challenging for the average reader unfamiliar with the style.
His work is characterised by his brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.
Irvine welsh was born in Leith, The port area of the Scottish capital Edinburgh. His Family moved to Muirhouse, Edinburgh when he was four where the family stayed at local housing schemes.
He left Edinburgh for the London punk scene in 1978, where he played the guitar and sang in the pubic lice and stairway 13.
Like many of his characters, he supports Hibernian FC. “(Hibs)”.
He explores the rise and fall of the council housing scheme, denial of opportunity, sectarianism, football, hooliganism, sex, suppressed homosexuality, dance clubs, low-paid work, freemasonry, Irish republicanism, sodomy, class divisions and emigration and, perhaps most of all, the humour, prejudices and axioms of the Scots.
On BBC breakfast he advised he lives in Chicago with his wife, Elizabeth. Previously he lived in Dublin, Ireland.
Welsh's novels share characters, giving the feel of a "shared universe" within his writing. For example, characters from Trainspotting make cameo appearances in The Acid House, Marabou Stork Nightmares, Ecstasy, Filth, and slightly larger appearances in Glue.

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