Irvine welsh on music, writing, and updating his trainspotting lads.

Irvine Welsh broke through big-time with the publication of Trainspotting in 1993. The book shocked readers with its raw depiction of young, working-class Scottish friends shooting heroin and searching for kicks in an oppressive, Thatcher-era U.K. When the 1996 movie came out, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole accused it of glorifying drug use and celebrating moral depravity. Twenty-five years, 15 books, and five movie adaptions later, the Edinburgh-raised Welsh is still doing his thing. His new novel, Dead Men’s Trousers, which revisits the Trainspotting crew as middle-aged men, is as power-packed as his debut.

Penthouse talked to Welsh about his literary career, his punk bands, and his new... Read More