Crime, paperback/irvine welsh

Irvine Welshs latest novel, now in paperback, is a thriller about the corruption and abuse of the human soul, the possibilities of redemption, and deals with the challenging subject-matter of organised paedophile gangs.

By some distance Welshs most restrained and thoughtful work.

The themes.

are distressing, but Welshs take is surprisingly considered and compassionate, and ultimately an old-fashioned moral one Times.