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The Acid House Cover

The Acid House

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  • audiobook Audiobook
  • Apr 1995

    Released
  • 289

    Pages
The release date for the English version of 'The Acid House' by Irvine Welsh is Apr 1995. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.

From the inner sleeve description:

This brilliant, unsettling, and completely ridiculous anthology of tales presents to these shores a young author who has already been dubbed "a mad postmodern Roald Dahl" (Weekend Scotsman) and "the Scottish Celine of the 1990s" (Guardian). Irvine Welsh is able to convey the underlying humanity, well veiled as it is, of his often corrupt, lazy, manipulative, and violent characters using a variety of techniques ranging from harsh reality to crazy imagination. He is especially skilled at cosmic reversals, such as when God transforms a poor football player into a fly or when an acid head and a newborn baby switch consciousnesses with hilariously unexpected outcomes. He consistently exhibits a biting wit and a revealing precision in language and description. Writer Irvine Welsh is a delightfully hazardous talent who will no doubt become a household name.

Contains the following narratives:

"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 short story

You can also browse online reviews of this novel and series books written by Irvine Welsh on goodreads.

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