A review by jwmcoaching
Crime by Irvine Welsh

4.0

Incredibly atypical for an Irvine Welsh novel, this is the only stab he's ever made at genre fiction and it really succeeds in many ways. The story is very much a thriller/suspense novel, but Welsh is able to incorporate his typical brilliance at lyrical prose and devastating human insight into the mix as well. The denouement is, unsurprisingly, not nearly as good as the build up, which is the novel's central weakness. Regardless, this is still a helluvalot of fun to read and I enjoyed it immensely!