Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh Experimental Novel Paperback Book

Marabou Stork Nightmares

by Irvine Welsh

The acclaimed author of the best-selling cult classic Trainspotting Irvine Welsh has been hailed as "the best thing that has happened to British writing in a decade" (London Sunday Times).

Marabou Stork Nightmares is a brilliant (and literal) head trip of a book that brings us into the wildly active, albeit coma-beset mind of Roy Strang, whose hallucinatory quest to eradicate the evil predator/scavenger marabou stork keeps being interrupted by grisly memories of the social and family dysfunction that brought him to this state.

It is the sort of lethally funny cocktail of pathos, violence, and outrageous hilarity that only Irvine Welsh can pull off.

"Imbuing Roy's sordid story with compassion and complexity, Welsh creates a scorching tale of despair and, perhaps, redemption. -Joy Press, Detail's

"In a brief time, [lrvine Welsh] has emerged as a writer of scope, imagination, and a savage brand of compassion. Long may he rave. -John Purim, - Boston Phoenix

"Extremely funny ... as clever as Alasdair Gray, as elegant as Jell Torrington, as passionate as James Kelman, Welsh has got it all." -Tibor Fischer

"For anyone who gets high on language, this book is a fantastic trip . . . a real tour de force." - Madison Smartt Bell, Spin

Pages in unmarked condition. Cover has minor shelf wear to edges. Back cover has small crease at corner, and chipping at top of spine.