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
Middlesex (novel) made the best-selling fiction list and kept its position for five weeks. In June 2007, the novel ranked seventh on "USA Today"s Best-Selling Books list. In the same month, after Eugenides appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to discuss the novel, "Middlesex" placed second on "The New York Times" best-selling paperback fiction list. The Pulitzer award nearly propelled "Middlesex" to "The New York Times" Best Seller list, which in 2003 published only the top 15 bestsellers; in the week after "Middlesex" was announced the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the novel placed 17th on the "expanded list". In 2007, 1.3