The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins

by IrvineWelsh (Author)

Synopsis

When Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer, disarms a gunman chasing two frightened homeless men, the police and the breaking-news cameras are not far behind and, within hours, Lucy is a media hero. The solitary eye-witness is the depressed and overweight Lena Sorensen, who becomes obsessed with Lucy and signs up as her client - though she seems more interested in the trainer's body than her own. When the two women find themselves more closely aligned, and can't stop thinking about the sex lives of Siamese twins, the real problems start...In the aggressive, foul-mouthed trainer, Lucy Brennan, and the needy, manipulative Lena Sorensen, Irvine Welsh has created two of his most memorable female protagonists, and one of the most bizarre, sado-masochistic folies a deux in contemporary fiction. Featuring murder, depravity and revenge - and enormous amounts of food and sex - The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins taps into two great obsessions of our time - how we look and where we live - and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks out the Florida sun.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 01 May 2014

ISBN 10: 0224087886
ISBN 13: 9780224087889
Book Overview: The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins taps into two great obsessions of our time, personal training regimes and real estate - how we look and where we live - and tells a story so subversive and dark it blacks out the Florida sun.

Media Reviews
[Welsh] has never written with greater verve... This is a novel packed with energy. -- Tom Adair Scotsman Shady, crazy and dark. Shortlist Welsh doesn't disappoint... Bag yourself a ringside seat. -- Elena Seymenliyska Daily Telegraph This is a visceral romp of a novel, a manic endorphin rush of a read that nevertheless also manages to sneak in some serious commentary on the state of American society, putting this book right up there with the best of Irvine Welsh's work. -- Doug Johnstone Independent on Sunday Not only cleverly conceived but genuinely, hauntingly, transgressive. -- Sandra Newman Guardian
Author Bio
Irvine Welsh is the author of ten previous novels and four books of shorter fiction. He currently lives in Chicago.