Marabou Stork Nightmares - Irvine Welsh Reviews

I remember, back in the heady days of 1995, thinking that 'Trainspotting' was just about the coolest book ever. However, recently, I have been thinking just how good it really was. Maybe, I was just swayed by the zeitgeist....maybe, I was just young and impressionable....maybe I just thought it was cool because it was about drugs. Anyway, ...  Read the complete review

Don't worry, I'm not going to spoil the tale! The Marabou Stork Nightmares is Irvine Welsh's second novel (but third book as The Acid House is a collection of short stories) and is another shining example of his literary genius. The story is a journey into the mind of Roy Strang, a twenty-something from a council ...  Read the complete review

If you expect this book to be a fun, witty look at the British drug culture, then you're in for a BIG surprise! Although the title somewhat suggests a connection to absurd LSD trips, drugs only play a tiny part in the story. The book is mostly written in Scottish dialect, which might make it difficult to read (I personally got used to ...  Read the complete review

Marabou Stork Nightmares is arguably Welsh's best work so far and it allows the reader to escape into the mind of quite a disturbed young man coming to terms with his mistakes. The style is unorthodox yet quite understandable and enjoyable. Roy Strang is in a coma. Roy Strang exists on 3 levels of consciousness. He has his 'almost ...  Read the complete review