Irvine Welsh Trust for social inclusion in Edinburgh. In "Crime", Ray Lennox (from Welsh's previous work, "Filth") is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress and cocaine abuse, and a particularly horrifying child sex murder case back in Edinburgh. The story takes place in Florida. In 2012 Welsh published a prequel to "Trainspotting", titled "Skagboys". Set in Leith in the early 1980s, it introduces the "Trainspotting" characters and follows them as they fall into heroin addiction. Given as a series of linked short stories, the book is also interspersed with brief commentaries on contemporary British politics. In particular, the consequences
World Without End (Follett novel) World Without End (Follett novel) World Without End is a best-selling 2007 novel by Welsh author Ken Follett. It is the second book in the Kingsbridge Series, and is the sequel to 1989's "The Pillars of the Earth". "World Without End" takes place in the same fictional town as "Pillars of the Earth" — Kingsbridge — and features the descendants of some "Pillars" characters 157 years later. The plot incorporates two major historical events, the start of the Hundred Years' War and the Black Death. The author was inspired by real historical events relating to the Cathedral of Santa María