Irvine Welsh

Irvine Welsh was born in Edinburgh, left school when he was sixteen and spent some years in London before returning to Edinburgh where he worked for the city council in the housing department. He went on to study for an MBA at Heriot Watt University. When Trainspotting was published in 1993 Irvine Welsh shot to fame. Despite unease from the critical establishment, Welsh's novel received as many good reviews as ones swathed in disgust and outrage - establishing a… (more)