Mark Renton has it all: the first in his family to attend university, he has a pretty girlfriend and a great social life. His novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. The opening pages of The Blade Artist read like the antithetical yoking of a delicate and diaphanous Stephen Daedalus-like epiphany and a sinister crime novel sequence. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. In The Blade Artist, Irvine Welsh returns to the life of Francis Begbie, one of the protagonists of his debut Trainspotting (1993), its sequel Porno (2002) and prequel Skagboys (2012). The blade artist, Irvine Welsh, Jonathan Cape/libri. The Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel – ultra violent but curiously redemptive – and it marks the return of one of modern fiction’s most infamous, terrifying characters, the … The Blade Artist is a long way from the vivacious amorality of Trainspotting, all the more obviously so because it’s stamping the same ground. Irvine Welsh has been getting it from the reviewers and his books haven't been great recently, Siamese Twins was very poor and his attempt at comedy with Decent Ride missed the mark by quite a bit but the Blade Artist is excellent. The blade artist, Irvine Welsh, Jonathan Cape/libri. Irvine Welsh has been getting it from the reviewers and his books haven't been great recently, Siamese Twins was very poor and his attempt at comedy with Decent Ride missed the mark by quite a bit but the Blade Artist is excellent. The opening pages of The Blade Artist read like the antithetical yoking of a delicate and diaphanous Stephen Daedalus-like epiphany and a sinister crime novel sequence. It is fair to say that I loved The Blade Artist and my only critique would be that it was over too quickly. The reviews are wrong, the Blade Artist was fantastic. To order this book from the Telegraph for £10.99 plus £1.99 p&p call 0844 871 1515 or visit books.telegraph.co.uk. Read more Read less click to open popover Special offers and product promotions Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . Callum Seddon . 9781784700553 at the best online prices at eBay! The Blade Artist Irvine Welsh Jonathan Cape, 7 April 2016 288 pp ISBN 9780224102155 £12.99 . try any audiobook Free! What's On Arts and Entertainment Book review: The Blade Artist by Irvine Welsh Trainspotting's Begbie is a new man in Irvine Welsh's solid sequel, writes Hannah McGill Marked by Irvine Welsh’s scabrous humor and raw Scottish vernacular, Skagboys transports us to 1980s Edinburgh, where the Trainspotting crew is just getting started. The location is an Edenic beach in sun-soaked California, the focal consciousness an apparently ideal Jim Francis holding up his equally Edenic daughter Eve to the sunlight. The Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel – ultra violent but curiously redemptive – and it marks the return of one of modern fiction’s most infamous, terrifying characters, the incendiary Francis Begbie from Trainspotting. This book focuses on dear old Franco Begbie, now reinvented as artist Jim Francis. The reviews are wrong, the Blade Artist was fantastic. Des milliers de livres avec la livraison chez vous en 1 jour ou en magasin avec -5% de réduction . Free shipping for many products! The Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel - ultra violent but curiously redemptive - and it marks the return of one of modern fiction's most infamous, terrifying characters, the … The location is an Edenic beach in sun-soaked California, the focal consciousness an apparently ideal Jim Francis holding up his equally Edenic daughter Eve to the sunlight. Listen to Blade Artist audiobook by Irvine Welsh. The Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel – ultra violent but curiously redemptive – and it marks the return of one of modern fiction’s most infamous, terrifying characters, the incendiary Francis Begbie from Trainspotting....more The Blade Artist (2016) is the eleventh novel by Irvine Welsh, and unusually focuses primarily on one member of "The Leith Mythos", the infamous Scottish hardman/psychopath Francis "Franco" Begbie.Picking up in the present day many years after the events of Porno, Franco has done what nobody can fathom and gone straight, via the classic Choose Life monologue (the non-snarky version) … Maybe Welsh – like Begbie – needs to make a break with his past. His work is characterised by a raw Scots dialect and brutal depiction of Edinburgh life. • To order The Blade Artist for £10.39 (RRP £12.99) go to bookshop.theguardian.com or call 0330 333 6846. Bestsellers and latest releases. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Blade Artist by Irvine Welsh. T he Blade Artist by Irvine Welsh 288pp, Jonathan Cape, £12.99, ebook £9.49. “ Back to his violent best … Dark, gruesome and captivating.” - Sam Parker - Esquire The Blade Artist is an elegant, electrifying novel - ultra violent but curiously redemptive - and it marks the return of one of modern fiction's most infamous, terrifying characters, the incendiary Francis Begbie from Trainspotting.