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W. Norton & Co.">W. W. Norton & Co.</a> (US)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2009</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (hardback & paperback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">275 pp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-224-08055-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-224-08055-2">978-0-224-08055-2</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/If_You_Liked_School_You%27ll_Love_Work" title="If You Liked School You'll Love Work">If You Liked School You'll Love Work</a> </i></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Reheated Cabbage</b></i> is a collection of <a href="/wiki/Short_stories" class="mw-redirect" title="Short stories">short stories</a> by Scottish writer <a href="/wiki/Irvine_Welsh" title="Irvine Welsh">Irvine Welsh</a>. It was released in the United Kingdom in July 2009. </p><p>The collection is made up of rare works previously published in magazines and out-of-print <a href="/wiki/Anthologies" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthologies">anthologies</a>, including a Christmas dinner with <i><a href="/wiki/Trainspotting_(novel)" title="Trainspotting (novel)">Trainspotting</a>'s</i> psychotic Francis Begbie, science fiction tale "The Rosewell Incident", and a story following <a href="/wiki/Glue_(novel)" title="Glue (novel)">Terry "Juice" Lawson</a> in Florida. All of the stories in <i>Reheated Cabbage</i> with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/Novella" title="Novella">novella</a> "I Am Miami" had been published in the 1990s in now unavailable media.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stories">Stories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_Fault_on_the_Line">A Fault on the Line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: A Fault on the Line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This story is Welsh's gruesome exposition of a dysfunctional marital relationship.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Malky's partner Claire persuades him to take her and their children to the pub. After a few drinks and a shortcut back home through the station, a train approaches just as the family are crossing the line and rips off her legs. He is distraught, as there is a <a href="/wiki/Hibernian_F.C." title="Hibernian F.C.">Hibs</a>-<a href="/wiki/Hearts_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Hearts F.C.">Hearts</a> game on television at 2pm that he does not want to miss.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Catholic_Guilt_(You_Know_You_Love_It)"><span id="Catholic_Guilt_.28You_Know_You_Love_It.29"></span>Catholic Guilt (You Know You Love It)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Catholic Guilt (You Know You Love It)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Homophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Homophobic">homophobic</a> Scots <a href="/wiki/Gay_bashing" title="Gay bashing">gay basher</a> builder living in London dies while having sex, and in his afterlife is condemned by <a href="/wiki/St_Peter" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter">St Peter</a> to eternally participate the sex acts he deplored - buggering his friends.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_-_12Jul2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage:_Tales_of_Chemical_Degeneration_by_Irvine_Welsh_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times_-_12Jul2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage:_Tales_of_Chemical_Degeneration_by_Irvine_Welsh-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elspeth's_Boyfriend"><span id="Elspeth.27s_Boyfriend"></span>Elspeth's Boyfriend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elspeth's Boyfriend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder" title="Antisocial personality disorder">sociopathic</a> <a href="/wiki/Trainspotting_(novel)" title="Trainspotting (novel)">Frank Begbie</a>'s sister Elspeth has a new boyfriend, to whom Begbie does not take kindly. Begbie subsequently ruins his family's Christmas dinner.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kissing_and_Making_Up">Kissing and Making Up</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Kissing and Making Up"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An unnamed man has a <a href="/wiki/Misogyny" title="Misogyny">misogynistic</a> internal monologue about his recent breakup. He enters a strip club, but is beaten heavily by the owner, <a href="/wiki/Trainspotting_(novel)" title="Trainspotting (novel)">Seeker</a>, after offending one of the dancers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Rosewell_Incident">The Rosewell Incident</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Rosewell Incident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A civilisation of <a href="/wiki/Telepathy" title="Telepathy">telepathic</a> aliens kidnap a teenager from <a href="/wiki/Rosewell,_Midlothian" title="Rosewell, Midlothian">Rosewell, Midlothian</a> and learn to speak <a href="/wiki/Scots_language" title="Scots language">Scots</a>. Many years later, a teenage, <a href="/wiki/Cigarettes" class="mw-redirect" title="Cigarettes">cigarette</a>-addicted alien makes contact with a gang of bored <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drugs" class="mw-redirect" title="Recreational drugs">drug</a> using teenagers, in order to put on a rave concert for the entire planet, much to the chagrin of the elder alien in charge of observing Earth, who does not want to interfere with the planet's course of events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_State_of_the_Party">The State of the Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The State of the Party"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two friends, Crooky and Calum, take acid in a bar before running into their old friend Bobby ("Boaby"), who is on heroin. After the three arrive at a party, Bobby dies of overdose, and the two, along with a couple of other partygoers, are kicked out of the flat before being assaulted by a group of youths. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victor_Spoils">Victor Spoils</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Victor Spoils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two acquaintances, <a href="/wiki/Trainspotting_(novel)" title="Trainspotting (novel)">Gavin</a> and Victor, over pills of <a href="/wiki/Ecstasy_(drug)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ecstasy (drug)">ecstasy</a> and pints of lager, discuss their respective claims to a mutual sexual partner, Sarah, who meanwhile is at the dentist getting her <a href="/wiki/Wisdom_tooth" title="Wisdom tooth">wisdom teeth</a> extracted. The two resolve to allow Sarah to choose between them, only to find upon her return that she is offended by their possessive attitude and is not interested in either of them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="I_Am_Miami">I Am Miami</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: I Am Miami"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novella reunites former problem student now turned successful <a href="/wiki/DJ#1990s" class="mw-redirect" title="DJ">DJ</a> <a href="/wiki/Glue_(novel)" title="Glue (novel)">Carl Ewart</a> and his old school friend <a href="/wiki/Glue_(novel)" title="Glue (novel)">Terry "Juice" Lawson</a> with their former teacher.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The book was positively received by James Walton of the Telegraph who noted that "while the book is unlikely to bring Welsh new readers, fans will notice that 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 that leaves more decorous short stories looking pallid by comparison."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reheated_Cabbage&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Guardian_-_26Jul2009_-26_-_Alexander_Linklater_-_Reheated_Cabbage_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLinklater2009" class="citation news cs1">Linklater, Alexander (26 July 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/26/reheated-cabbage-welsh">"Culture Books Irvine Welsh Irvine's leftovers are more than just Burns offerings"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 June</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=Culture+Books+Irvine+Welsh+Irvine%27s+leftovers+are+more+than+just+Burns+offerings&rft.date=2009-07-26&rft.aulast=Linklater&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2009%2Fjul%2F26%2Freheated-cabbage-welsh&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AReheated+Cabbage" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Telegraph_-_18Jun2009_-_Reheated_Cabbage_-review_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalton2009" class="citation news cs1">Walton, James (18 June 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/5568765/Reheated-Cabbage-by-Irvine-Welsh-review.html">"Reheated Cabbage by Irvine Welsh: review"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/The_Acid_House_(film)" title="The Acid House (film)">The Acid House</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Irvine_Welsh%27s_Ecstasy" title="Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy">Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Filth_(film)" title="Filth (film)">Filth</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/T2_Trainspotting" title="T2 Trainspotting">T2 Trainspotting</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Characters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Renton" title="Mark Renton">Mark Renton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1&useformat=desktop" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" 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