Fishnet (book) Her life suddenly changes when she learns Rona was working as a sex worker. On a journey to uncover the truth about her sister, Fiona investigates the sex industry and meets with sex workers. Her misconceptions of the sex industry are challenged, and what she uncovers changes her life forever. "Fishnet" won the Guardian Not the Booker Prize 2015. "The Independent" included "Fishnet" on its Christmas 2015: The top 10 debut fiction books list. James Kidd from "The Independent" compared "Fishnet" to Trainspotting, the novel by Irvine Welsh about Scottish heroin users, as it portrays a 'clandestine world (here, prostitution
Irvine Welsh A sequel to "The Blade Artist", entitled "Dead Men's Trousers", was released on 29 March 2018, and sees Mark Renton, Sick Boy, and Spud reuniting with Francis Begbie. As well as fiction, Irvine Welsh has written several stage plays, including "Headstate", "You'll Have Had Your Hole", and the musical "Blackpool", which featured original songs by Vic Godard of the Subway Sect. He co-authored "Babylon Heights" with his screen writing partner Dean Cavanagh. The play premiered in San Francisco at the Exit Theatre and made its European première in Dublin, at The Mill Theatre Dundrum, directed by Graham Cantwell. The plot