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The Acid House

Author: Irvine Welsh  

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An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.

An amusing collection of stories by the author of Trainspotting, in which the characters are often, on the surface, depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined.

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An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.

An amusing collection of stories by the author of Trainspotting, in which the characters are often, on the surface, depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined.

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An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of short stories.The characters in this extraordinary book are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Two professors of philosophy turn pugilists; Leith removal men become the objects of desire for Hollywood goddesses; God turns Boab Coyle into a house-fly; and in the novella, 'A Smart Cunt', the drug-addled young hero spins off on a collision course with his past. The Acid House is a bizarre, disturbing and hilarious collection from one of the most uncompromising and original writers around.

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Critic Reviews

“"Mind-bendingly good." -GQ magazine "The collection as a whole is sick, horrific, occasionally moving and very funny." -New Statesman "Another season in Hell with Irvine Welsh, and God, it's invigorating." -New Statesman”

Every bit as filthy, funny and provocative as the novel that proceeded it [Trainspotting]… Welsh's first collection of short stories is a riot of colourful characters, eye-watering vernacular and imaginative story-telling. This is one of Britain's best writers in his swaggering pomp, and the result is brilliantly addictive. Esquire

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About the Author

Irvine Welsh was born and raised in Edinburgh. His first novel, Trainspotting, has sold over one million copies in the UK and was adapted into an era-defining film. He has written thirteen further novels, including the number one bestseller Dead Men's Trousers, four books of shorter fiction and numerous plays and screenplays. Crime and The Long Knives have been adapted into a television series starring Dougray Scott as Ray Lennox. Irvine Welsh currently lives between London, Edinburgh and Miami.

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'He strafes the airwaves with a cacophonous range of voices, comic, sad, abusive, recalcitrant' Scotland on Sunday 'Another season in hell with Irvine Welsh, and god it's invigorating...The collection as a whole is sick, horrific, occasionally moving and very funny' New Statesman An unsettling, shocking and very funny collection of stories. The characters in this extraordinarty book are often - on the surface - depraved, vicious, cowardly and manipulative, but their essential humanity is never undermined. Two professors of philosophy turn pugilists; Leith removal men become the objects of desire for Hollywood goddesses; God turns Boab Coyle into a house-fly; and in the novella, 'A Smart Cunt', the drug-addled young hero spins off on a collision course with his past. The Acid House is a bizarre, disturbing and hilarious collection from one of the most uncompromising and original writers around. 'Told with such vigour and alertness, such scathing, unmerciful humour, such compassion and such reserves of linguistic and structural invention that nobody could come away from them without feeling thoroughly elated' Jonathan Coe, Sunday Times

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing | Vintage
Published
20th April 1995
Pages
304
ISBN
9780099435013

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