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Irvine Welsh for Can Nothing Save Us?

Thursday 5th November, 7pm

Venue
Tollcross Central Hall, 2 W Tollcross, Edinburgh EH3 9BP
Doors Open
6.30pm
Start Time
7pm
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A divided Las Vegas family is forced to confront the past and reckon with a dangerous future in the searing new novel from Irvine Welsh.

'Welsh writes with a skill, wit and compassion that amounts to genius' Sunday Times

'A triumph. A great, redemptive book' Observer

'No living author is as entertaining to read' GQ

'Powerful...bracing and engaging' Daily Telegraph


Molly and George Warburton are used to living life their own way. Now, in the ferocious heat of Sin City, the couple are facing up to their failures and final years.

They announce that their grandson Luke - college dropout, aspiring writer, electronic dance music aficionado - will inherit their millions. It is sudden news that leaves their daughter Gina hell-bent on revenge.

Yet Luke's good fortune will not last. When a strange newcomer to the neighbourhood insinuates himself into the Warburtons' world, it is the beginning of a chain of chilling events that could split the family permanently and put all their lives at risk.

The question is, do they have what it takes to survive?


Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written fifteen further novels, including the Sunday Times bestseller Men in Love and the Crime series, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.

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