The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins is the ninth novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, published in May 2014. Similarities have been drawn between this book and Welsh's first novel, "Trainspotting". Elena Seymenliyska of "The Daily Telegraph" wrote, "It's a bit like his debut, "Trainspotting" (1993), only instead of the tenements of Leith, we're in the condos of Miami Beach. And in place of heroin addicts, alcoholics and violent psychos, here we have fitness instructors, poseurs – and violent psychos." "The Guardian" published a review of the book on 8 May 2014. In the
Grits (novel) Grits (novel) Grits is the debut novel by British author Niall Griffiths, published in 2000 by Jonathan Cape. Set in and around Aberystwyth and concerning promiscuity, drugs, alcohol, and petty crime it gained for its author, who lives and works in the town the dubious honorific "the Welsh Irvine Welsh". The novel is largely autobiographical, Griffiths moved to Aberystwyth to research a PhD in post-war British poetry but soon became, as he puts it, an "enthusiastic participator in parties" and dropped out of his studies. Ianto, a character briefly appearing in "Grits" became the anti-hero of Griffith's second novel "Sheepshagger".