Irvine Welsh tapeworm's internal monologue is imposed over the top of the protagonist's own internal monologue (the worm's host), visibly depicting the tapeworm's voracious appetite, much like the "Climax of Voices" in Gray's novel "1982, Janine". Welsh has lived in Chicago with his wife, Elizabeth, since 2009. Previously he lived in Dublin, Ireland. In March 2018, Welsh announced that he and his wife were divorcing. Irvine Welsh Irvine Welsh (born 27 September 1958) is a Scottish novelist, playwright and short story writer. His novel "Trainspotting" was made into a film of the same name. His work is characterised by a raw Scots
Prequel Prequel A prequel is a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative. A prequel is a work that forms part of a backstory to the preceding work. All "prequels" are, by definition, essentially sequels in that they "expand on a "previous" or "preceding" work." The term is a 20th-century neologism that is a portmanteau of the prefix "pre-" (from Latin "prae", "before") and "sequel". Like other sequels, prequels may or may not concern the same plot as the work from which they are derived.