 First edition (UK) | |
| Author | Irvine Welsh |
|---|---|
| Language | English, Scots |
| Publisher | Jonathan Cape (UK) W. W. Norton (US) |
Publication date | 1995 (UK), 1996 (US) |
| Publication place | Scotland |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 264 pp |
| ISBN | 0-393-31563-0 |
| OCLC | 36429347 |
| Preceded by | Trainspotting |
| Followed by | Filth |
Marabou Stork Nightmares is an experimental novel by Irvine Welsh, and his second novel, published in the UK in 1995.
The book's narrative is split into two styles: a conventional first-person account of the past and a more surreal, stream-of-consciousness account of an otherworldly present. Like many of Welsh's novels, it is written in Edinburgh Scots dialect. The plot consists of the memories and hallucinations of the protagonist, Roy Strang, making him an extreme example of an unreliable narrator.