Frankie Boyle has written a debut novel based in Glasgow.
The stand-up comedian made the announcement on Instagram, describing the book as a "multicultural, postcolonial" story about his home city, following a number of characters from different backgrounds.
The 48-year-old said he will have it finished in "two or three weeks" and is hoping to find a publisher.
He said: "I'm quite impressed with myself for persevering with something novel length. I'm not really a persevering kind of guy, I'm more like if I ask someone directions to a place and the directions are too long I just won't go there. Halfway through I'm like f*** it , I'll go somewhere else.
"It's a kind of multicultural, postcolonial idea of Glasgow. There's a character who's a London woman with a Zambian background, there's a middle-aged guy from Edinburgh, there's an Indian lassie, there's a Scottish Chinese guy, all this kind of stuff."
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Boyle explains he originally wanted to publish in audio form but he wouldn't be able to do the voices. He said it was suggested he could get Scots actor James McAvoy, who plays a man with 24 personalities in the movie Split, on board.
"A lot of the joy in it is in the dialogue," he added.
Boyle has a series of gigs scheduled for Leicester Square Theatre in London in August and September.
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