Description: In a dark and disturbing, often scabrously funny novel about the abuse of everything and everybody, the author of the international sensation "Trainspotting" introduces readers to Detective Sergeant Bruce Robertson of Edinburgh's finest, one of the most compellingly misanthropic characters in contemporary fiction.
Brief description: Irvine Welsh is the best-selling author of Trainspotting, Ecstasy, Glue, Porno, Filth, Marabou Stork Nightmares, The Acid House, Skagboys, and, most recently, Dead Men's Trousers.