Editing Irvine Welsh (section)

==Fiction==
[[File:Irvine Welsh by Kubik.JPG|thumb|upright|Irvine Welsh in [[Warsaw]], 13 March 2006]]
Welsh has published eleven novels and four collections of short stories. His [[first novel]], ''[[Trainspotting (novel)|Trainspotting]]'', was published in 1993. Set in the mid-1980s, it uses a series of [[Nonlinear narrative|non-linear]] and loosely connected short-stories to tell the story of a group of characters tied together by decaying friendships, [[heroin]] [[Substance use disorder|addiction]] and stabs at escape from the oppressive [[boredom]] and brutality of their lives in the [[social housing]] schemes. It was released to shock and outrage in some circles and great acclaim in others. It was adapted as a play, and a [[Trainspotting (film)|film adaptation]], directed by [[Danny Boyle]] and written by [[John Hodge (screenwriter)|John Hodge]], was released in 1996. Welsh appeared in the film in the minor role of drug dealer Mikey Forrester.

Next, Welsh released ''[[The Acid House]]'', a collection of short stories from ''Rebel Inc.'', ''New Writing Scotland'' and other sources. Many of the stories take place in and around the housing schemes from ''Trainspotting'', and employ many of the same themes; a touch of [[fantasy (genre)|fantasy]] is apparent in stories such as ''The Acid House'', where the minds of a baby and a drug user swap bodies, or ''The Granton Star Cause'', where [[God]] transforms a man into a fly<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> as punishment for wasting his life. Welsh adapted three of the stories for a later [[The Acid House (film)|film of the same name]], in which he also appeared.

Welsh's third book (and second novel), ''[[Marabou Stork Nightmares]]'', alternates between a grim tale of thugs and schemes in sub-working class Scotland and a hallucinatory adventure tale set in South Africa.

His next book, ''[[Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance]]'' (1996), became his most high-profile work since ''Trainspotting'', released in the wave of publicity surrounding the film. It consists of three unconnected [[novella]]s: the first, ''Lorraine Goes To Livingston'', is a bawdy satire of classic British [[romance novel]]s, the second, ''Fortune's Always Hiding'', is a revenge story involving [[thalidomide]] and the third, ''The Undefeated'', is a sly, subtle romance between a young woman dissatisfied with the confines of her suburban life and an aging clubgoer.

A corrupt police officer and his [[Cestoda|tapeworm]] served as the narrators for his third novel, ''[[Filth (novel)|Filth]]'' (1998). The main character of ''Filth'' was a vicious [[Antisocial personality disorder|sociopathic]] policeman. The novel was adapted to a [[Filth (film)|film of the same name]] in 2013.

''[[Glue (novel)|Glue]]'' (2001) was a return to the locations, themes and episodic form of ''Trainspotting'', telling the stories of four characters spanning several decades in their lives and the bonds that held them together.

Having revisited some of them in passing in ''Glue'', Welsh brought most of the ''Trainspotting'' characters back for a sequel, ''[[Porno (novel)|Porno]]'', in 2002. In this book Welsh explores the impact of pornography on the individuals involved in producing it, as well as society as a whole, and the impact of aging and maturity in individuals against their will. The book is set just after the opening of the new Scottish Parliament.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>

''[[The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs]]'' (2006), deals with a young, alcoholic civil servant who finds himself inadvertently putting a curse on his nemesis, a nerdy co-worker. In 2007, Welsh published ''[[If You Liked School You'll Love Work]]'', his first collection of short stories in over a decade.

Welsh contributed a novella called ''Contamination'' to ''The Weekenders: Travels in the Heart of Africa''. Welsh, [[Ian Rankin]], and [[Alexander McCall Smith]] each contributed a short story for the ''One City'' compilation published in 2005 in benefit of the One City Trust for social inclusion in Edinburgh. In ''Crime'', Ray Lennox (from Welsh's previous work, ''Filth'') is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. The story takes place in Florida. 

Welsh's prequel to ''Trainspotting'', titled ''[[Skagboys]]'', was published in 2012.<ref name="timesonline">{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3564500.ece |title=Prequel to chart Trainspotting characters' fall from innocence |access-date=17 March 2007 |work=timesonline.com |location=London |first1=Charlene |last1=Sweeney |first2=Lucy |last2=Bannerman |archive-date=13 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513081522/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3564500.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/19/welsh-trainspotting-prequel-auction |title=Welsh offers chance to score a role in Trainspotting prequel |access-date=20 January 2009 |work=guardian.co.uk |location=London |first=Alison |last=Flood |date=19 January 2009 |archive-date=30 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930181935/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/19/welsh-trainspotting-prequel-auction |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5581111.ece | work=The Times | location=London | title=My week Irvine Welsh A few punches to toughen up then Im Trainspotting again | date=25 January 2009 | access-date=5 May 2010 | archive-date=18 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418010713/https://www.the-tls.co.uk/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Set in Leith in the early 1980s, it introduces the ''Trainspotting'' characters and follows them as they fall into heroin addiction. Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries on contemporary British politics. In particular, the consequences of the destruction of industry in the northern cities are drawn for the young working class. His eighth novel, ''[[The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins]]'', was published in May 2014 and his ninth novel titled ''[[A Decent Ride]]'' was published by [[Vintage Books]] in April 2015. The latter work featured the returning character 'Juice' Terry Lawson (previously from ''Glue'' and ''Porno'').

Welsh's tenth novel, released in April 2016, ''[[The Blade Artist]]'', centres around a seemingly rehabilitated Francis Begbie now living in California with a wife and children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/irvine-welsh-to-publish-francis-begbie-novel-1-3925969|title=Irvine Welsh to publish Francis Begbie novel|first=Patrick|last=McPartlin|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|date=23 October 2015|access-date=10 December 2016|archive-date=3 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803232405/http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/books/irvine-welsh-to-publish-francis-begbie-novel-1-3925969|url-status=live}}</ref> It was shortlisted for the Fiction Book of the Year at Saltire Literary Awards 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37725523|title=Welsh and Kelman shortlisted for Saltire literary prize|date=2016-10-21|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-10-21|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219184148/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-37725523|url-status=live}}</ref>

A sequel to ''The Blade Artist'', entitled ''[[Dead Men's Trousers]]'', was released on 29 March 2018, and sees Mark Renton, Sick Boy, and Spud reuniting with Francis Begbie.

In 2021, a TV adaptation of ''Crime'' was launched in the UK on [[BritBox]] as a six-episode series starring [[Dougray Scott]] as detective Lennox. Welsh worked on the project with [[Dean Cavanagh]]. This was the first TV adaptation of a book by Welsh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pingitore |first=Silvia |date=2021-11-19 |title=From Trainspotting to the TV series of Crime: the Irvine Welsh interview |url=https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/irvine-welsh-trainspotting-crime-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120004924/https://the-shortlisted.co.uk/irvine-welsh-trainspotting-crime-interview/ |archive-date=20 November 2021 |access-date=2021-11-20 |website=the-shortlisted.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> A second six-episode series has since been made and is currently available on ITV and ITVX.