Irvine Welsh Acid House", where the minds of a baby and a drug user swap bodies, or "The Granton Star Cause", where God transforms a man into a fly as punishment for wasting his life. Welsh adapted three of the stories for a later film of the same name, in which he also appeared. Welsh's third book (and second novel), "Marabou Stork Nightmares", alternates between a grim tale of thugs and schemes in sub-working class Scotland and a hallucinatory adventure tale set in South Africa. Gradually, common themes emerge. His next book, "" (1996), became his most high-profile work since "Trainspotting", released
Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair. As with the movie version, the book is divided into three sections, excluding the prologue and epilogue - Part one: Invincibility, Part two: The Kingdom of Momentum, and Part three: The Momentum of Change. In the beginning, everything seems perfect for the unnamed narrator and Candy (the name for both the girl and the drug); their life together is new and exciting. Of course, in both relationships and addiction, things do not remain so perfect or beautiful. Candy is introduced to heroin