The Acid House
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The Acid House

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eBook - ePub

The Acid House

About this book

Irvine Welsh's scintillating, disturbing, and altogether outrageous collection of stories—the basis for the 1998 cult movie directed by Paul McGuigan.

He is called "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" ( Guardian ) and "a mad, postmodern Roald Dahl" ( Weekend Scotsman ). Using a range of approaches from bitter realism to demented fantasy, Irvine Welsh is able to evoke the essential humanity, well hidden as it is, of his generally depraved, lazy, manipulative, and vicious characters. He specializes particularly in cosmic reversals—God turn a hapless footballer into a fly; an acid head and a newborn infant exchange consciousnesses with sardonically unexpected results—always displaying a corrosive wit and a telling accuracy of language and detail. Irvine Welsh is one hilariously dangerous writer who always creates a sensation.

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Information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
1995
eBook ISBN
9780393352405
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Contents
  4. The Shooter
  5. Eurotrash
  6. Stoke Newington Blues
  7. Vat ’96
  8. A Soft Touch
  9. The Last Resort on the Adriatic
  10. Sexual Disaster Quartet
  11. Snuff
  12. A Blockage in the System
  13. Wayne Foster
  14. Where the Debris Meets the Sea
  15. Granny’s Old Junk
  16. The House of John Deaf
  17. Across the Hall
  18. Lisa’s Mum Meets the Queen Mum
  19. The Two Philosophers
  20. Disnae Matter
  21. The Granton Star Cause
  22. Snowman Building Parts for Rico the Squirrel
  23. Sport for All
  24. The Acid House
  25. A Smart Cunt: a novella
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. Also by Irvine Welsh
  28. Praise for Irvine Welsh
  29. About the Author
  30. Copyright