Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Irvine Welsh and the 'long dark night of late capitalism'
1. 'Trainspotting' (1993)
2. 'The Acid House' (1994)
3. 'Marabou Stork Nightmares' (1995)
4. 'Ecstasy' (1996)
5. 'Filth' (1998)
6. 'Glue' (2001)
7. 'Porno' (2002)
Conclusion: Plotting against power or scheming against the working class?
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Aaron Kelly is Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature in English at the University of Edinburgh