Rob Spragg

After his pivotal novel Trainspotting was published in 1993, the debut work of Irvine Welsh quickly took the world by storm, spawning theatre productions, the iconic film by Danny Boyle, sequels and even an acclaimed stage musical.

Based on the 300-year old ballad of the same, the story is of a beguiling lover who entices a sequence of girls to their deaths that is until he meets Lady Isobel, a maiden in waiting for the love and revenge.