Marabou Stork Nightmares is a novel by Irvine Welsh, who also authored a cheerful little book turned into a film called Trainspotting. And god, is it ever an Irvine Welsh book. Roy Strang is a twenty-something Scot who is an adventurer in the wilderness of South Africa. He is on a mission to hunt down the evil Marabou Stork, a deadly and elusive predator that preys on the peaceful wildlife around the lake.