Crime by Irvine Welsh
“Crime” is a departure in other ways as well. Though it might be loosely considered a sequel to the frightening, hilarious “Filth,” Welsh’s 1998 novel about a corrupt Edinburgh polisman, “Crime” is set in Miami — a place as far removed as possible from the sordid, infernal city that Welsh’s fiction has [...]
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Crime: A Novel by Irvine Welsh
The topic of Scottish author Irvine Welsh’s latest novel — pedophilia — is so harrowing that he worked on a spoof documentary film about a darts player while writing the book just to lighten his mood.
And yet Welsh insists that “Crime” is his most uplifting novel to date.
“Most of my [...]
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Crime: A Novel by Irvine Welsh
In the wake of a nasty child-murder case, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox of the Edinburgh PD has suffered a full-scale breakdown. He’s been placed on leave for mental retuning and takes off for a few days of sun in Miami. From there, Crime becomes an unmistakably Welshian blend of the [...]
