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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- The Shooter
- Eurotrash
- Stoke Newington Blues
- Vat ’96
- A Soft Touch
- The Last Resort on the Adriatic
- Sexual Disaster Quartet
- Snuff
- A Blockage in the System
- Wayne Foster
- Where the Debris Meets the Sea
- Granny’s Old Junk
- The House of John Deaf
- Across the Hall
- Lisa’s Mum Meets the Queen Mum
- The Two Philosophers
- Disnae Matter
- The Granton Star Cause
- Snowman Building Parts for Rico the Squirrel
- Sport for All
- The Acid House
- A Smart Cunt: a novella
- Acknowledgments
- Also by Irvine Welsh
- Praise for Irvine Welsh
- About the Author
- Copyright