If You Liked School You'll Love Work

If You Liked School You'll Love Work

Author	Irvine Welsh
Language	English, Scots
Genre	Short stories
Publisher	Jonathan Cape
Publication date	July 2007
Publication place	Scotland
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	320 pp
ISBN	0-393-33077-X
OCLC	122974241
Dewey Decimal	823/.914 22
LC Class	PR6073.E47 I35 2007

If You Liked School You'll Love Work is a collection of short stories by novelist Irvine Welsh ^[1] . It was released in the UK on 5 July 2007, and in the U.S. on 4 September 2007.

Stories

• "Rattlesnakes"—Three young Americans find themselves in dire circumstances in the desert, when one of them receives a snakebite on the genitals.
• "If You Liked School You'll Love Work..."—Expatriate English publican juggles business, family and women, on the Canary Islands.
• "The DOGS of Lincoln Park"—American yuppies and a Korean chef collide.
• "Miss Arizona"—Struggling independent filmmaker follows in the footsteps of his hero, only to find himself much closer than he imagined.
• "Kingdom of Fife"—Scottish Subbuteo player and ex-jockey, Jason King, seeks love and destiny amid a background of corruption and loss in this novella.

References

1. Liam McIlvanney (21 July 2007). "Under the table - The narrative exuberance of Irvine Welsh's If You Liked School, You'll Love Work is marred by stylistic looseness". The Guardian . Retrieved 1 August 2025.