Culture That Made Me: Irvine Welsh on Bowie, Bohs, and acid house 

In advance of his appearance at an Irish festival, the Trainspotting author selects some of his major touchstones 
Culture That Made Me: Irvine Welsh on Bowie, Bohs, and acid house 

Irvine Welsh will be at Beyond the Pale, in Wicklow. Picture: Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty 

Irvine Welsh grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1993, his debut novel Trainspotting was published, and Its scabrous tales about drug-fuelled mates with a criminal bent was soon hailed as a classic. A few years later, Danny Boyle turned the book into a hit film. 

Welsh’s subsequent mind-bending novels, plays and screenplays copper-fastened his position as the voice of the 1990s chemical generation. He appears at Beyond the Pale festival, Glendalough Estate, Wicklow, Friday, 10 June – Sunday, 12 June. See: itsbeyondthepale.ie. 

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