The Acid House
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First edition
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Author | Irvine Welsh |
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Country | Scotland |
Language | English, Scots |
Genre | Short stories |
Publisher | Jonathan Cape |
Publication date
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1994 |
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Pages | 304 pp |
ISBN | 0-224-03685-8 |
OCLC | 32467731 |
The Acid House is a 1994 book by Irvine Welsh,[1] later made into a film of the same name.[2] It is a collection of short stories, with each story (3–20 pages) featuring a new set of characters and scenarios.
Stories
- "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)
Film adaptation
The 1998 film, The Acid House, directed by Paul McGuigan, dramatizes three stories from the book - "The Granton Star Cause", "A Soft Touch", and "The Acid House".
References
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