Irvine Welsh His first novel, "Trainspotting", was published in 1993. Set in the mid-1980s, it uses a series of loosely connected short stories to tell the story of a group of characters tied together by decaying friendships, heroin addiction and stabs at escape from the oppressive boredom and brutality of their lives in the housing schemes. It was released to shock and outrage in some circles and great acclaim in others; "Time Out" called it "funny, unflinchingly abrasive, authentic and inventive", and "The Sunday Times" called Welsh "the best thing that has happened to British writing for decades". It was adapted as
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