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Unfiltered with James O’Brien | Episode 25: Irvine Welsh

Published 12:22 3 Apr 2018 BST

Updated 12:14 20 Jul 2018 BST

Rich Cooper
Unfiltered with James O’Brien | Episode 25: Irvine Welsh

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Episode 25 of Unfiltered with James O'Brien is live.

Most authors never have a bestseller. Even fewer come to define an entire decade. Trainspotting, both the book and the film that followed it, was a cultural phenomenon in the 1990s, catapulting writer Irvine Welsh into literary infamy. In this unflinching interview with James O’Brien, Irvine talks candidly about the drug-fuelled hedonism of the ‘80s and ‘90s that he both participated in and distilled into stories, how he pulled himself out of a vicious heroin addiction, the whirlwind of success that followed Trainspotting, and his unbridled passion for tennis and Andy Murray. Listen: Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuaPAu0celY Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | SoundCloud | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts | Stitcher | aCast |TuneIn | RSS

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