It's good to be brought back to Welsh's original hellfire
Observer
The stories combine sly humour with the tang of lived experience. It makes for a terrific collection, showcasing a writer who...has blossomed into one of the most distinctive, and distinguished, observers of British life
Sunday Telegraph
A total hoot to read. The first thing that strikes you about much of the material here is the amazing energy of Welsh's writing
Independent on Sunday
Welsh's work remains at once moving, repellent and worryingly funny
TLS
Full of fun, frenzy and filth
Sebastian Shakespeare
Tatler
Brilliantly ghastly
Stuart Kelly
Scotland on Sunday
An enjoyable Welsh outing, by turns brutish and funny
Adrian Turpin
Financial Times
His customary strengths are in place. The stories are very funny in their black, often cartoonish way. There's also a degree of zest to the storytelling
James Walton
Daily Telegraph
Customary wit, flair and energy
WBQ
All the elements of Welsh's best work remain in tact here: the brilliant imagination, the phonetically-transcribed Scots dialect, the humour, the gritty realism
Woman's Way