<p><b>Discover five short stories from the bestselling author of <i>Trainspotting.</i></b><br><br>In ''Rattlesnakes'', three young Americans find themselves lost in the desert, held captive by armed Mexicans; in ''The DOGS of Lincoln Park'', a mysterious Korean chef may or may not have something to do with the disappearance of a socialite''s pooch; an English bar owner battles to keep all his balls in the air on the Costa Brava; a film biographer becomes a piece of movie memorabilia himself in ''Miss Arizona''; and in the ''Kingdom of Fife''; an ex-jockey and table-football star of Cowdenbeath takes on the charms of Jenni Cahill and her remarkable jodhpurs.<br><br><b>''Vigorous, stunningly funny...whimsical, warm, surreal, grotesque and brilliant'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><b><br>''A rambunctious return to the glory days of </b><b><i>Trainspotting</i></b><b>... Dazzlingly diverse... Sick and vigorous, written with Welsh''s inimitable in-yer-face energy'' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p>